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Conference terri::cars_uk

Title:Cars in the UK
Notice:Please read new conference charter 1.70
Moderator:COMICS::SHELLEYELD
Created:Sun Mar 06 1994
Last Modified:Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:2584
Total number of notes:63384

1357.0. "Battery supplier recommendations ....." by VOGON::KAPPLER () Wed Feb 06 1991 12:38

    I think I need a battery.........
    
    Any recommendations for a supplier in the Reading locale??
    
    JK
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1357.1Try MarpartsSHAPES::KINGHORNJFuntime Software {:o)Wed Feb 06 1991 12:546
    Try Marparts on Gosbrook Road, Caversham next to Waitrose - Cheaper
    than most of the big name suppliers, and they seem to know what they're
    talking about (ever tried getting help from a Halfords assistant?)
    
    PS They'll take the old battery off your hands.
    
1357.2I should have asked for a discount....VOGON::MITCHELLEBeware of the green meanieWed Feb 06 1991 13:036
    
 >>   talking about (ever tried getting help from a Halfords assistant?)
    
      Yes, and I ended up having to lend him my penknife to cut off a
    length of hose from a reel, because all they could find was a pair of
    sissors! :-)
1357.3Directions pleaseWOTVAX::GILLILANDPNot very Tuna-friendlyWed Mar 02 1994 12:385
    My battery was flat this morning, I need to get it checked at
    lunchtime. I am working in the CSC at Viables today. Can somebody give 
    me directions to the nearest decent tyre/battery centre? Thanks.
       
    Phil Gill.
1357.4TASTY::JEFFERYChildren need to learn about X in schoolWed Mar 02 1994 17:496
    Ralph motors, near the Golden Lion (They are good, though not
    specifically on Batteries)
    
    Motorland , near the Golden Lion (no idea how good they are)
    
    Halfords should be fine.
1357.5WOTVAX::GILLILANDPNot very Tuna-friendlyWed Mar 02 1994 19:2310
    Thanks, but it seems more serious than I thought. It wouldn't start at
    lunchtime, and jump leads from a friends car produced nothing more than
    lots of heat. Jump leads from the breakdown truck didn't produce any
    heat, just a few very strained turns of the engine. Eventually it burst
    into life. Turned the engine off, it started straight away without a
    problem. There's no way the battery charged up that quickly. It got
    towed off to Hadleys soon after for deeper investigation. Starter
    motor?
    
    Phil Gill.