[V8] A dying battery? Where to get a replacement.

[Kneale Brownson]

I've purchased my last nine or ten batteries (three for Audis and the rest
for trucks and tractors) from Sam's Club.  They carry an exact-size vented
battery with high cranking power numbers with the proper connector and
venting outlets for installing under Type 44 rear seats for as  reasonable
a price as anyone else I've found.  Even have a protective shield over the
positive post, just like the one from the Audi dealer.  Last one I bought
(maybe four years ago for my 200q20v) was less than $50, but prices may
have risen since then????

At 10:09 AM 1/12/2004 -0800, Buchholz, Steven wrote:
>... I too am contemplating the purchase of a battery for #344, it lost a
>cell a while back ... 
>
>#2 has an interstate battery installed by a PO ... so, they are available
>from alternate sources.  The Interstate has a connection for the vent,
>albeit in a different location.  
>
>I called Anderson-Behel, a local Audi dealer ... they quoted me somewhere in
>the $180 range.  
>
>As to determining the age of your current battery, there should be markings
>on the label that indicate when it was installed.  
>
>Were I in your shoes I wouldn't necessarily assume it was the battery ... it
>could be that the charging system is having an issue or that the starter is
>going out ... you'd do well to test for these things before just going out
>and buying a battery.  If you need help with the tests to be done let me
>know.  
>
>Steve B
>San Jose, Kaleefohnia (USA)
>> 
>> I've noticed that my car barely cranks over when it's cold. It gives a
>> couple of slow "whirs" and starts, but the fact that is 
>> sounds pretty weak
>> doesn't give me a warm fuzzy feeling. It's tough to replace 
>> something that
>> still works, but I don't want to get stuck somewhere. I'm not 
>> sure of the
>> age of the battery either. So, could someone recommend to me a good
>> replacement battery and where to get it? I read in the archives that a
>> dealer wanted $250 for a new battery. What has everyone else done when
>> replacing the battery? 
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