New Battery - Recommendations

[PeteG40]

My car seems to be losing charge - so much that when taking a girly out for the first time the other night I had to bump start it. SMOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOTH

So am thinking a new battery wont hurt it.

What do people recommend - a bosch?

[hayesey]

can't go wrong with a bosch silver really!  Although any of the batteries that come with a 5 year guarantee or whatever would be reet.  I have an exide one on my g40 at the moment.

[Gary]

Yup definately would agree with a Bosch Silver. If you stay close to a Costco, they sell them, and they're a lot cheaper than buying from halfords or even a auto parts place.

[jimbugalee]

I've just bought one from VW - but I dunno how you tell if it's a good one?!  Basically I think it's just a Varta one but I wanted all the VW stickers on it hehe

[jonboy]

if your cars loosing charge take a look at the condition of the leads going to the alternator.  I had a wire break off which resulted in my car discharging its battery somehow.  can't explain why it did it, but its been fine since i soldered it back on!

[G-spot]

Well my battery has been acting a bit tired the past month or so I decided to check the levels in the cells, and sure enough all six cells the lead was just exposed above the acid, so a quick to up with de-ionised water, and a literly a couple of hours on the charger, and its as good as new.
So don't splash out on a new battery before the Winter kicks in just yet, do a quick check, you never know!! 
Just to add to that I noticed the battery to appear worse when parked on steep slopes when the levels where low, not a problem since.

[Andy]

The Bosch silver I'm using came off the G40 that donated its engine to my car back in 2002. It wasn't a new battery then either. I've frequently left the car 6 weeks between running it, and it still has enough power left to crank and start the car. When this one finally dies I think I'll be buying another!

[PeteG40]

they dont do a silver - but do similar i think

I've cured the problem. Was the sh1t stereo!

[Andy]

Aye, think it was discontinued a while back - but presume the replacement model should be as good!