Re: Batteries

[a6561TB@gnn.com ()]

>Audi fans:
>
>The battery on my '90V8Q decided to go south this weekend.  It was very
>sudden.  One minute the cars started OK, then it just made the starter
>solenoid clatter.  Jumping the car, I was able to start it.  Prestige
>Imports gave me a price of $165 for the OEM battery.  The Interstate
>Mega-tron is only $99 and I have used them for years with good luck. 
>Question: Do the stock batteries die like that and does anyone else have
>experience with Interstate?

$165 for the battery? That's crazy. $99 is also crazy. I run Delco's
which I get from BJ wholesale club. The last time it netted only $42 after 
the rebate. Every major manufacturer has the Audi fitment (its a number with 
a dash on your OEM Autobahn battery). The service life expectancy is almost 
the same for all of them, ącoupla mos.

Igor
Igor Kessel
'89 200TQ, chipped and MOMO'd through out,
in Tornado "arrest-me-officer" Red;
'88 Fox, "the FOX machine";
ex '85 5000s, "the EE's nightmare"
Phila PA, USA
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