HOW MUCH?

Mon Sep 28, 2009 3:38 pm

Just got off the phone from a car spare place near me, asked them how much a battery was for a 325, the guy come with £75... Is this correct, i thought we were in a recession.

Mon Sep 28, 2009 3:40 pm

youll get them cheaper. my 90Ah was £55.

Mon Sep 28, 2009 4:25 pm

Try partco or similar - also Eurocarparts/ GSF. ECP sell genuine Bosche Silvers....

Cheers,

Warren

Mon Sep 28, 2009 4:35 pm

sure i got a good battery from gsf a couple years ago for about 40quid for the 325

Mon Sep 28, 2009 4:39 pm

what output is an e30 battery?

Mon Sep 28, 2009 4:41 pm

AH ratings are a little misleading, The chassis & cranking amps of the battery is the important bit.

I think mine has an 096 battery in it? I seem to remember its about 570-600 cca.

Mon Sep 28, 2009 4:44 pm

the only figures on mine are 90ah and 125 .

Mon Sep 28, 2009 4:50 pm

SHAKEELE30 wrote:Just got off the phone from a car spare place near me, asked them how much a battery was for a 325, the guy come with £75... Is this correct, i thought we were in a recession.

Thats right, you are, but they're not!

Mon Sep 28, 2009 4:52 pm

some peoples ideas during the recession seem to be over inflate their prices to make up for less sales. odd way to look at things really.

Mon Sep 28, 2009 5:10 pm

fuzzy wrote:some peoples ideas during the recession seem to be over inflate their prices to make up for less sales. odd way to look at things really.

Then they wonder why they go under...

Mon Sep 28, 2009 5:42 pm

my 66ah was £35

might be a little weak for a 6 pot but i'am sure you can get them cheaper

Mon Sep 28, 2009 5:57 pm

Shake, I have a diesel transit battery on mine, U know it makes sense

Mon Sep 28, 2009 6:10 pm

The price of lead has gone up and the cost, legalities and complexities of recycling the bastards is more than it was just 6 months ago, car battery prices have been rising steadily for 12 months now.

All those people posting what they paid months ago are kidding themselves if they think the prices are the same now, christ I just SOLD 3 dead (dead as a door nail) batteries for £8 each, though again they were the lead type so have some scrap value too.

As with all things its also very much a case of you get what you pay for, £99 will buy you a maintenence free, high cranking voltage, 3 year no quibble garaunteed battery at any decent motorfactors, if you want to scrimp and save you can, but you won't get anything as good.

I have often found the dealers quite decent for battery prices even when compared to specialist auto battery shops and independant motor factors.

My halfrauds battery was replaced at 30 months old FOC even though I let the car stand for a couple weeks as the battery would not re-charge, that made me a happy bunny especially as the price of the same battery had jumped £35. Glad I kept the reciept now.

Mon Sep 28, 2009 6:10 pm

I had to buy one recently was £98 so they only saw my back as I left
they were saying though that the price of car batteries has taken a serious hike recently

Mon Sep 28, 2009 6:16 pm

well i got one from euro car parts in the end, couldnt be asked to start phoning around, doing more research into all the amps, crank start etc etc, if i did i would have been there all day, so i just went and bought a 55 amp one, i think it was. it cost me £40, might be a shitty cheap one, but at the moment dont care, i need to get my car sorted, cant be asked to jump start it everytime i need to open the window, start to test things out etc etc.

Should last me sometime, hopefully...

Mon Sep 28, 2009 6:24 pm

a quick look on the internet shows 90ah 800amp batteries made by varta for £45.

Mon Sep 28, 2009 6:28 pm

Is that from a shop or internet, but too late now, got one

i was going to that, but forced myself not to, as i got a bad habit of doing toooo much research into something and that would have taken me some time...

Mon Sep 28, 2009 6:33 pm

an internet shop. plus £10 delivery. its about the size on mine and i paid £55 about 18 months ago.

Mon Sep 28, 2009 7:01 pm

An 096 (generic part number) is the biggest battery you can fit on an E30 which has the battery under the bonnet.

Mon Sep 28, 2009 7:05 pm

that lists as a 72ah. i used a 90ah on my touring. it was a tight fit but it went in.

Thu Oct 01, 2009 2:06 am

GSF are reasonable with their prices and good for a discount occasionaly

Thu Oct 01, 2009 2:11 am

Batterys are always too much,

but usualy they are such a pain in the arse when the do play up i gladly hand over £75...and some