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Paid for one only two weeks ago from AllBatteries off the web

Half the price of the local garage’s quote, problem was I had to fit it myself and then take the old one to the Dumpit Site

Although I ordered it two weeks ago it took a week to arrive, possibly because it came from somewhere near Lyon in central France.

It’s fine and was identical to the one I swapped.

 

our local scrapman pays a fiver for them

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A car neither knows nor cares how much you paid for its battery! ?

 

IT cares a great deal about the quality of the battery. If you buy a cheap battery then iot's very likley to be poor quality, hence my comment that only monied fools can afford to buy a cheap battery.

 

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It’s on a Hyundai i40 and it smart chargers apparently

 

You will want an AGM battery then since I think they have the stop-start tech yes?

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IT cares a great deal about the quality of the battery. If you buy a cheap battery then iot's very likley to be poor quality

 

I didn't mention quality, I mentioned price. Last autumn I bought a Yuasa YBX5000, list price £190 for £89 on the internet with free p&p. At less than half price I would certainly call that cheap. As for quality, Yuasa are one of the best car and motorcycle batteries produced.

 

And on the subject of AGM batteries, I'd avoid if you do a lot of distance runs as AGM chemistry is very susceptible to over charging.

 

And Euro Car Parts although reasonable for most things list very expensive batteries on their website.

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