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Mark Elder

Mark Elder

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In Ken Coad's bit of the 993 register corner in Jan's PP he recommend a Bosch AGM battery, so my battery failure is timely. Thought I'd give these a try, but I can't find anyone that will supply one to me.

The Bosch web site does discuss them, but does not list retailers.

All the searches I've done can't find any online sellers that sell Bosch. Glasgow OPC insists that their standard battery is better than Bosch, so I ignored them. Kiwkfit have been very helpful listing alternatives that they assure me will be just as good but will not even try to get a Bosch battery.

There is a rumour that Halfords might sell Bosch, but they won't answer the phone and their web site does not even mention car batteries.

Any ideas?
 
If you mean the bosch silver top battery ?
I got mine in Novemeber from 'national' autocentres, they didnt have it in stock but got it within the day for me, fits perfectly, even has the little overflow pipe bit.
 
Try Cosco, they are supposed to be the biggest and cheapest stockists of Bosch batteries in UK. My local depot has hundreds in stock but don't know if they have that type.
 
I've been looking for genuine Bosch batteries for years for my various 911s and I've always been fobbed off with other makes (e.g. Varta). Seems the time has come to pay a visit to Cosco. I don't know why this has been so difficult. Mind you I have no idea whether there is a Costco within 1,000 miles of here, so off to do some surfing.
 
The Reading branch of Costcos has a compatability chart beside the batteries,
PS. You need to join Costcos, about £30 PA, so best find a friend who is a member otherwise you loose the savings
 
Ha![&:] - Wild goose chase. Eventually went back to CostCo with enough paperwork to get me trade membership for 20 quid.

They don't have Bosch AGMs in the Glasgow CostCo[:eek:].

Plenty of other Bosch batteries and nearly came away with the "high power" one, but I'm determined to get this AGM job now I've read about it....
 
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