Re: replacement battery, anyone?

[Andrew Duane USG/PE <duane@zk3.dec.com>]

Hairy green toads from Mars made Eliot Lim say:

> the 5 and a half year old battery in the v8 is finally on its last legs.  
> dealer tells me that it is the same one used in diesel audis... and
> they want $250 for a new one.  i thought that was really funny.
> 
> anyway, they told me that i could probably get by with a 80 Ah sears
> diehard or something like that.  the most important requirement is that
> it's got to have a vent hose since the battery in the v8 sits under
> the rear seat and battery acid has been known to burn up seat heaters
> and such down there...
> 
> so anyway, anyone knows which aftermarket batteries come with vent hoses?

Mine is dying, too, so I've done a little research.

Sears makes a vented battery, but you have to dig to find it.
Interstate is recommended by my mechanic as good for Audi's,
and they match "all OEM requirements", so I assume it has the vent.
Cost for my 100Q is about $90. The turbo/diesel battery is bigger,
I think it was about $110.

Is that $250 getting any funnier?

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