Best place for a new car battery ?

Mchambers

Hi all,

Can anyone please suggest the best place for a car battery. My car is a 2.0 2005 Ford Mondeo petrol engine. Also does anyone know the battery type.

Formula 1 are quoting me £85 for one.

Thanks

wgl2014

I would suggest putting the new battery in the same location the old one is removed from.

(Try Tanya online for buying it)

[Deleted User]

Try Eurocarparts, just input the car reg and it should give a few options.

trigger_fish

If buying an online battery check the dimensions.

Sometimes the alternative battery won't fit the tray-happened to me.

Had to do lash up as security of battery is an MOT issue.

EdGasketTheSecond

Last time I bought a Bosch battery from EuroCarParts on eBay and fitted it myself; was a good price compared to the market; around £43 I think. Has performed well for last two years.

Ebe_Scrooge

treboeth wrote: »

Try Eurocarparts, just input the car reg and it should give a few options.

A good call - but also worth checking on CarParts4Less.co.uk. I believe this is a "sister site" of ECP, but it's online only, and ( I presume for that reason ) tends to be a bit cheaper. I've used them loads over the years for various parts ( including batteries ), never had a problem.

Gloomendoom

https://www.tayna.co.uk/

Next day delivery

Ganga

any where but a main dealer

[Deleted User]

Ebe_Scrooge wrote: »

A good call - but also worth checking on CarParts4Less.co.uk. I believe this is a "sister site" of ECP, but it's online only, and ( I presume for that reason ) tends to be a bit cheaper. I've used them loads over the years for various parts ( including batteries ), never had a problem.

Good call I forgot about that one(they are part of ECP)

Mchambers

Thanks for the advise so far.

Lucky_Duck_2

trigger_fish wrote: »

If buying an online battery check the dimensions.

Sometimes the alternative battery won't fit the tray-happened to me.

Had to do lash up as security of battery is an MOT issue.

Something else to check is the orientation of the battery terminals, we bought the type recommended on the battery mega store website only to find the positive and negative terminals were the wrong way round for the car.