Do the AA still give 5 year guarantees? I have had a couple replaced by them at home over the years. Yes the prices are higher but the two were Bosch batteries and both are still working fine over 4 years later. The convenience of someone coming to your house and doing the work makes the higher price acceptable to me.
Halfords would have fitted it for you.
Depends which Halfords you go to. Halfords retail (no Autocentre) would sell me a stop/start but not fit it. They said I would need to book a slot at an Autocenter for fitting. I ended up using their mobile service which was pretty straightforward.
No idea what make of car you have but Xmas tree lights after a battery change are not unusual on some makes and sort themselves out on a decent length drive. 15 to 20 mins. Good luck
yeah, everything had no power and now needs "resetting". either short drive (100 m) or some magic steering wheel/stalk combo (see, those street fighter skills were transferable!). look up model on tinterweb, youtube for method.
It's an Audi A3. I'll give it a run out tomorrow and see what happens.
Last one I bought from Halfrauds (Newhaven) was a dud. God knows what they'd done to it. They told me they test them regularly!
Well, I'm happy to take the compliment, but as my wife has pointed out, the 5 minute job ended up taking several days and the input of a professional mechanic to be finished!
