[V8] Battery for 1990 V8

[ingo.rautenberg at gmail.com]

Yeah. I couldn't get that good a price when I worked at the dealership :-/

Ingo

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-----Original Message-----
From: "Scott DeWitt" <sdewitt at stx.rr.com>

Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2008 18:58:15 
To:<V8 at audifans.com>
Subject: Re: [V8] Battery for 1990 V8


WOW! I'm impressed! That's less than cost on many parts.

Best I get is cost plus 10 or 15.

Scott
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ron Wainwright" <ron_01056 at yahoo.com>
To: "Coleman, David" <David.Coleman at blackrock.com>
Cc: <v8 at audifans.com>
Sent: Monday, January 14, 2008 4:49 PM
Subject: Re: [V8] Battery for 1990 V8


>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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