OK, so which battery?
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Yuasa-12v-...item339ab85227
These are almost £100 at Halfords, their top of the range. http://www.eurocarparts.com/ecp/c/Su...c91a216&000020 From European car parts. THEIR top of the range. Both 65Ah, the Yuasa is 550Amp, the Exide 580. Yuasa guaranteed five years, Exide four. At £60 delivered the Yuasa looks a steal.......... looks like a new battery and decent trickle charger, see other thread. |
The Yuasa looks decent priced, ive just bought a Optima Red Top for £129 which is a great battery and if the halfords is £100 its not much more expensive either
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What's so good about the Optima ones? They are very dear, but only 50Ah and with only a two year guarantee?
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I've got this one, apparently made by Yuasa for Halfords.
http://www.halfords.com/motoring/bul...guarantee#tab3 |
That was another choice.
But if I can REALLY get the one £20 dearer than that, with better specs, for £20 LESS.......No brainer? |
Originally Posted by alcazar
(Post 11619667)
What's so good about the Optima ones? They are very dear, but only 50Ah and with only a two year guarantee?
They also tend to have a very high CCA at 730 and whilst this is by far the most important thing for a battery ive found them to be very reliable and used one for around 3-4 years in the old car before i sold it Having said that you could buy 2 of the Yuasa for the price of an Optima, so you could buy 1 and when it runs out buy another and be in the same position |
Yeah I'd agree, I just bought that one as I wanted straight away. Also it's easier to take back if there are any problems. It was convenience really but it got really good reviews.
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The Yuasa Silver batteries are excellent - The engine turns over very quickly even in cold weather and when the car isn't used much.
Phsyo |
Is this for your impreza?
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The equivalent Bosch Silver (5 years) is only £65 in COSTCO with VAT included.
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I was just about to recommend Bosch lol
My impreza has been in garage for 3 months with alarm system on, only just gone flat, that's not bad at all. |
I bought a silver bosch one from euro car parts, 4 year guarantee, £65.
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Originally Posted by jaygsi
(Post 11619923)
Is this for your impreza?
And yes, the Bosch top one only has 4 year guarantee, as does the top Exide. |
Here ya go :thumb:
http://stores.ebay.co.uk/Autosessive...ttery+&submit= |
I'm also in the market for a new battery, as mine's getting a bit sluggish starting in the cold weather, so another option to add to your list:
CarParts4Less (owned by the same group as EuroCarParts but always cheaper!) also have the Exide Premium available for £74.99 delivered. They also have a £10 off any orders over £75 code at the moment, which seems to work with the £74.99 even though it's 1p out, bringing it down to £64.99 delivered. [EDIT] - Just realised I forgot to include the £10 off code - CP10LESS So: Exide Premium 005: Price: £64.99 Amp Hours: (Ah): 65Ah Cold Cranking Amp: (CCA): 580CCA Guarantee: 4 Years Yuasa Silver YBX5005 Price: £60.00 Amp Hours: (Ah): 65Ah Cold Cranking Amp: (CCA): 550CCA Guarantee: 5 Years I think I'm tempted by the Exide, for the extra CCA for £5 more... |
So no one has looked at my link?
£53.95 free delivery! |
Yeah, but for the Yuasa 3000, not the 5000 I've been looking at?
I think I'll go for the Yuasa, five years guarantee. |
Originally Posted by alcazar
(Post 11620222)
Yeah, but for the Yuasa 3000, not the 5000 I've been looking at?
I think I'll go for the Yuasa, five years guarantee. |
I bought the varta d47.
can find for less than 60 delivered. |
Only 60Ah......
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While ZEN Performance had my car, they fitted a new battery as every morning it would be totally dead. I remember Paul and Ren telling me that they were very good batteries. It's never failed once and it's been fitted for ages now. Just another thought for you.
It is a Banner battery. https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&ei=-3fSVNGIDZHUauqqgqAC&url=http://www.bannerbatterien.com/banner/files/FolderPowerBullGB.pdf&ved=0CDYQFjAI&usg=AFQjCNG9Qx itrmwmrF-87BTWeiev5WI_Pg&sig2=pILReyj96GesPqLR55pGyw |
Looks good...but should at £101.42.......
And I can't find any mention of length of guarantee...... Found one at £149........four year guarantee. I can have two and a half Yuasa batteries for that:eek: And it's just the Calcium technology too, same as Exide and Yuasa. |
Originally Posted by stamina_daddy
(Post 11620316)
I bought the varta d47.
can find for less than 60 delivered. Correct - £58 bargain for the quality / performance. 4 year warranty |
I'd go with Varta
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Originally Posted by alcazar
(Post 11620587)
Looks good...but should at £101.42.......
And I can't find any mention of length of guarantee...... Found one at £149........four year guarantee. I can have two and a half Yuasa batteries for that:eek: And it's just the Calcium technology too, same as Exide and Yuasa. If I was buying the battery myself I probably would have gone for Bosch as that is a well known brand. I'd never even heard of Banner before, but now that I have I sometimes see their articulated lorries on our motorways. |
Varta = OEM battery suppliers to Volkswagen Group
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Why don't you just recharge the battery you have?
Originally Posted by alcazar
(Post 11620013)
Yes it is. Been SORN since last may, battery gone flat:(
And yes, the Bosch top one only has 4 year guarantee, as does the top Exide. |
LOL.
1. My old charger gave up the ghost recently, so I need a new one. 2. The present battery is almost certainly fekked, it's not young, being the latest of two batteries on a nearly 17 year old car, plus it's probably deeply discharged now. 3. These modern chargers won't even "see" it under 4V apparently, which would mean adding a cheapo charger to my bill to get it to a voltage where the trickle charger could see it, then swapping to the trickle charger.....and it might refuse to hold charge anyway:( |
I ordered the Exide Premium last night, but just thought you might like to know that whilst looking for a new catalyic converter for my brother's Lupo (which has just failed it's MOT badly on emissions), I came across the Yuasa Silver YBX5005 for £56.16 delivered from https://www.buypartsby.co.uk - so even cheaper still! :-)
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I've got the previous Yuasa which has been superseded by the Silver, had it two years now cost around £50...has been excellent, car only usually comes out once a week.
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