04-02-2012, 03:02 PM
For the past few weeks the Berlingo has been a bit sluggish when starting from cold first thing.
Only yesterday did I get a firm quote for a new battery in anticipation of the inevitable.
Come to start this morning and only just caught, think if I'd had to try again it would have been a nil-start.
Old battery is made by Tudor, a make I'd never heard of but apparently made in Mumbai or similar, according to the reviews on t'internet "total shite" and fitted as original equipment by Citroen.
Replacement is Bosch with a 4 year guarantee and from Europarts @ a shade under £77.00 inc VAT, this compared favourably with what other motor factors in the area are selling and even with a quoted trade discount card price from Halfrauds, blew them completely out of the water...
Laws of sod, it is now starting to snow heavily and too cold for an old fart to be out there so fitting it will be delayed unti lthere is a break in the weather....
Only yesterday did I get a firm quote for a new battery in anticipation of the inevitable.
Come to start this morning and only just caught, think if I'd had to try again it would have been a nil-start.
Old battery is made by Tudor, a make I'd never heard of but apparently made in Mumbai or similar, according to the reviews on t'internet "total shite" and fitted as original equipment by Citroen.
Replacement is Bosch with a 4 year guarantee and from Europarts @ a shade under £77.00 inc VAT, this compared favourably with what other motor factors in the area are selling and even with a quoted trade discount card price from Halfrauds, blew them completely out of the water...
Laws of sod, it is now starting to snow heavily and too cold for an old fart to be out there so fitting it will be delayed unti lthere is a break in the weather....
Berlingo Multispace 2.0HDI '54 reg Mediterranean Blue
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