what ah battery for a 318Is

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Post Sat Jul 01, 2006 10:54 am

as above mrs just gone for the road tax need to get a battery today

so whats best ah and wheres cheap winkeye

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Post Sat Jul 01, 2006 10:57 am

Daz,you got about 10 E30`s and you aint got a spare battery?
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Post Sat Jul 01, 2006 11:01 am

eko wrote:Daz,you got about 10 E30`s and you aint got a spare battery?
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worse still i have a huge pile of batteries too but they all dead as fook

and mrs dosent trust any of em so wants a new one
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Post Sat Jul 01, 2006 11:03 am

well do the honourable(SP?)thing and take the one off your car :giggle:
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Post Sat Jul 01, 2006 11:05 am

eko wrote:well do the honourable(SP?)thing and take the one off your car :giggle:
8O thats not even funny 8O

worst comes to worst it will be coming off her e46 :snigger:
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Post Sat Jul 01, 2006 11:06 am

worst comes to worst it will be coming off her e46
Sounds like a plan?????
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Post Sun Jul 02, 2006 2:59 pm

55aH you want mate
063 I think it is?
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Post Sun Jul 02, 2006 9:55 pm

My blue IS has a 50amp one

and white one has 65amp one!

Odly white car seams faster... but does have 100, 000 miles less!


Buy one of those solar panels on ebay daz, get one of the VW blue polychristine ones (blue rather than grey) and your battery will never go flat.

I left a car in manchester (grey cloud place) from early february to mid april and I never went flat!

I got two for £20 for cheaper than new batterys...
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Post Sun Jul 02, 2006 10:36 pm

My 318 daily driver has the biggest battery that would physically fit in the space provided. Leave the radio on loud all day while I'm working, have the fan on for an hour a day when the weather's hot while I'm eating, and it always cranks the engine over at about 3000 RPM (slight exaggeration, maybe) every time.
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Post Sun Jul 02, 2006 10:45 pm

what amp is that Brian?
I've bee told to get a battery of a diesel as i use a lot of radio/cig lighter for phone and laptop especially as my car is my lunchtime spot too.
but i would feel stupid asking for a diesel battery!! is therer anything technical that i can ask for as i havrn't a clue about batteries?
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Post Sun Jul 02, 2006 10:52 pm

Best value for money batteries i reckon are the Bosch silver batteries, i think both GSF & Euro car parts do them, i bought one for my iS a couple of years back cost me £35 i think from memory...
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Post Sun Jul 02, 2006 11:00 pm

Came from my local independant tyre and battery supplier. Just asked him for the highest capacity that would fit! Could well be the one for the 324d, which is 85A/hr.