New car battery

Urban-Cruiser · Post by **Urban-Cruiser** » Fri Aug 28, 2009 10:33 am

Where is a good place to get a new battery for my rolla? And what price should I expect to pay?

postfach · Post by **postfach** » Fri Aug 28, 2009 11:15 am

BNT do batteries for a pretty decent price, got one for my sisters car, think it was about $150

crispy'86 · Post by **crispy'86** » Sat Aug 29, 2009 6:50 am

Urban-Cruiser wrote:Where is a good place to get a new battery for my rolla? And what price should I expect to pay?

It depends on the physical size of the battery, CCA rating of it. We sell AA batteries and range from $115 for a 300 CCA and small terminals, right up to the larger 600 CCA batteries that are about $170?? don't quote me on the price for the large batteries, smaller type is definitely that price/

OMG so shiny! · Post by **Dell'Orto** » Sat Aug 29, 2009 9:30 am

Avoid any made by Exide (Marshall etc) as they're not that good.

Bling · Post by **Bling** » Sat Aug 29, 2009 12:16 pm

I paid around $125 on sale for one at supercheap, 2 year warranty.

Bosch 330.

Can get battery seconds for 60-80 ish from battery places in town.

fangsport · Post by **fangsport** » Sat Aug 29, 2009 12:26 pm

BZG|Bling wrote:Can get battery seconds for 60-80 ish from battery places in town.

geez, that a bit pricey. i'm paying $20-30 for wets and $60-70 for drys.

Urban-Cruiser · Post by **Urban-Cruiser** » Sat Aug 29, 2009 8:32 pm

Sorted. Got mine from Tyres 2 Go on Blenheim Rd $125. Nice bunch of guys too.

matt dunn · Post by **matt dunn** » Sat Aug 29, 2009 11:28 pm

Dell'Orto wrote:Avoid any made by Exide (Marshall etc) as they're not that good.

What makes you say that?

Bling · Post by **Bling** » Sun Aug 30, 2009 12:23 am

fangsport wrote:
BZG|Bling wrote:Can get battery seconds for 60-80 ish from battery places in town.

geez, that a bit pricey. i'm paying $20-30 for wets and $60-70 for drys.

Yeah that's big smoke pricing :wink:

fangsport · Post by **fangsport** » Sun Aug 30, 2009 8:10 am

matt dunn wrote:
Dell'Orto wrote:Avoid any made by Exide (Marshall etc) as they're not that good.

What makes you say that?

considering there are actually that many manufacturers of batteries, just different sticks, i to found that a bit interesting to diss a certain brand???

fangsport · Post by **fangsport** » Sun Aug 30, 2009 8:11 am

BZG|Bling wrote:
fangsport wrote:
BZG|Bling wrote:Can get battery seconds for 60-80 ish from battery places in town.

geez, that a bit pricey. i'm paying $20-30 for wets and $60-70 for drys.

Yeah that's big smoke pricing

nah, because of the cold ,Dunedin batteries are cheaper!!! they sell more.

OMG so shiny! · Post by **Dell'Orto** » Sun Aug 30, 2009 4:32 pm

matt dunn wrote:
Dell'Orto wrote:Avoid any made by Exide (Marshall etc) as they're not that good.

What makes you say that?

Since switching to Century supplied batteries a year ago, we've gone from averaging 5 claims a week to none.

OMG so shiny! · Post by **Dell'Orto** » Sun Aug 30, 2009 4:33 pm

fangsport wrote:
matt dunn wrote:
Dell'Orto wrote:Avoid any made by Exide (Marshall etc) as they're not that good.

What makes you say that?
considering there are actually that many manufacturers of batteries, just different sticks, i to found that a bit interesting to diss a certain brand???

There are sod all manufacturers really, most of them are imported from Aussie or Asia.

Urban-Cruiser · Post by **Urban-Cruiser** » Sun Aug 30, 2009 10:46 pm

My last battery was from Marshall. Lasted 2yrs.
How come it seems batteries that originally come with the car last longer?
And was told batteries suited for diesel cars last longer in petrol cars.

Bling · Post by **Bling** » Sun Aug 30, 2009 11:40 pm

I'll take a stab that diesels being higher compression are harder to turn over so require higher CCA batteries. Just a wild stab though :lol:

My 'second' battery I got for the Levin lasted 3 years, so probably comes down to how hard its life is too. I'd be pretty annoyed if my expensive one didn't last that long!

BR0Z · Post by **BR0Z** » Mon Aug 31, 2009 12:12 pm

I've just had to replace my Red RC's battery $150 - the old one lasted 4yrs & was a heavy duty one.

Also just had to replace VW Passat's battery $291 - f#%#n european cars & recessed battery terminals!!!

frost · Post by **frost** » Mon Aug 31, 2009 7:48 pm

BR0Z wrote:I've just had to replace my Red RC's battery $150 - the old one lasted 4yrs & was a heavy duty one.

Also just had to replace VW Passat's battery $291 - f#%#n european cars & recessed battery terminals!!!

$291 is cheap!!!! my massive bmw batt is $700 from bmw, or 350 from my mates garage,

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