[V8] OEM batteries are good?

[sdewitt at stx.rr.com]

The battery I bought most recently for my A4 was labeled as Varta, and was made in Germany. 

----- Original Message -----
From: quattro + 5 or 8 = fun <thequattroking at yahoo.com>
Date: Friday, April 8, 2005 11:52 am
Subject: Re: [V8] OEM batteries are good?

> FYI-
> 
> FROM WHAT I HAVE BEEN Told, by several sources that I considered 
> reliable,Douglas Battery makes the replacements in the USA.  I 
> have purchased several
> Douglas Batteries and have had very good luck with them.  I have 
> one that is
> 6 years old and still going strong.  They are even white!
> 
> 
> Shayne
> 
> 
> Bay Area, CA
> Eastern WA State
> 
> 
> PARTING:  1972 Mercedes Benz 280 SE 4.5
> PARTING:  1986 Audi 4000 CS quattro
> 
> 
> > From: Daniel Hussey <danh at s-cars.org>
> > Date: Thu, 7 Apr 2005 21:59:11 -0700
> > To: <dsaad at icehouse.net>, <v8 at audifans.com>
> > Subject: Re: [V8] OEM batteries are good?
> > 
> > AutoBahn tells me it was a direct dealer replacement, but not 
> the original
> > factory battery.  AutoBahn is how the dealer used to badge factory
> > replacement parts and accessories.  They've since scraped the name.
> > 
> > The factory Audi battery is a VARTA and IMHO is the best battery 
> you can
> > buy!  They last WAY longer than any other battery that I've 
> found, other
> > than possibly an Optima.  I highly reccomend replacing it with 
> another OEM
> > battery.  I had a second VARTA in my '94 S4 and it never gave me 
> an ounce of
> > problems in sub-zero weather in Wisconsin.  I even left my radar 
> detector on
> > while I was away on vacation.  I killed the battery, but an 
> overnight charge
> > brought it right back to life and just kept ticking.
> > 
> > My father works for Rayovac Corporation, who bought VARTA's 
> consumer battery
> > division a few years back to fuel expansion by tapping into the 
> european> market.  Johnson Controls bought VARTA's automotive and 
> commercial battery
> > division at the same time.  As I understand it the production 
> facilities in
> > Germany pretty much remain and still produce the same high quality
> > automotive batteries.
> > 
> > I bought my last VARTA battery from the dealer (that was a few 
> years ago),
> > but I have no idea if the dealer still uses the same 
> manufacturer or if they
> > are available aftermarket.
> > 
> > Later,
> > Dan
> > 
> > 
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: <dsaad at icehouse.net>
> > To: <v8 at audifans.com>
> > Sent: Thursday, April 07, 2005 8:35 PM
> > Subject: [V8] OEM batteries are good?
> > 
> > 
> >> 
> >> 
> >> My battery finally started to act up a little. It did not 
> totally fail but
> >> cranking sounded odd so I checked battery voltage with a meter -
> and I
> > have no
> >> idea how a battery as dead as mine seems to be could have been 
> working so
> > well.
> >> 
> >> No load voltage with a good meter was 12.0 volts (engine off) - 
> after> driving
> >> for 30 minutes.
> >> A lead acid battery is considered "dead" at 12.2 volts.
> >> The CC readout voltage was 13.6 volts while driving.
> >> The new battery reads 13.8 volts while driving - as it should.
> >> 
> >> Even more strange is that this battery seems to be the original 
> OEM unit.
> > It
> >> still has the Audi 441-xxx-xxx part number on it.
> >> Is it possible for a battery to last this long? It was an "Auto 
> Bahn" 60
> > month.
> >> 
> >> 
> >> Dave
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