[V8] Battery for 1990 V8

[Ron Wainwright]

I get....<looks around> bout half off regular dealer
prices.

 Ron

--- "Coleman, David" <David.Coleman at blackrock.com>
wrote:

> Don't recall the dealer's price -- though it may
> have been as much as
> $200, but I always ask for (and get) a parts price
> discount due to the
> volume of dealer-only stuff I do with them.  They
> seem pretty happy to
> discount 15% or so...
> 
> -dc-
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > 
> > What's Audi get for a battery (I think they source
> from Varta)?  The
> > Interstates are about $100 for the V8Q.   Most
> foreign independent
> shops
> > source from them, no bad experiences to relate.  I
> would stay away
> from
> > Bosch though, haven't had good experiences with
> those at all.
> > 
> > BCNU,
> > http://www.geocities.com/cobramsri/
> > Democracy: 3 wolves and a sheep voting on what's
> for lunch.
> > 
> > "Coleman, David" <David.Coleman at blackrock.com>
> writes:
> > > Just a thought -- an Interstate from 10 years
> ago could very likely
> > > not
> > > be anything like those of today, i.e. produced
> by a different
> > > company,
> > > in a different country, etc. etc...
> > >
> > > That said, I replaced my V8's (original) battery
> with one from the
> > > Audi
> > > parts counter...  They gave me the wrong one
> (without the vent), so
> > > that
> > > was a small fiasco, but I like OE stuff when it
> comes to batteries.
> > >
> > > -DaveC.
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