Evening troops.
Had a bit of a kick in the wallet today.
Got a call from her indoors today, "The car wont start!"
There was no good reason for this, and after asking the usual questions, found out the battery was flat. Nothing had been left sucking power, the car is 7 years old, so i thought id get a price on a new power cell, ready for the winter. Got the father in law to jump it and get into town to get it tested, and replaced if nec.
I phoned the local motor factor, £46+vat. not bad.
Phoned the company who supply our work vehicles with batteries, They put the car reg in and said they could do a good quality batt for £48+vat fitted. Bargain.
However, when they went to test and replace it, it wasnt under the bonnet where they thought it should be. It is a rather different looking item, quite small, located under the passenger seat.
Now im getting quoted £140+vat.
What is that all about. Ive put it on hold in the hope that someone can explain what it is and why it is so expensive.
The car is a Chrysler PT cruiser 2.2crd.
anyone???
cheers.
Had a bit of a kick in the wallet today.
Got a call from her indoors today, "The car wont start!"
There was no good reason for this, and after asking the usual questions, found out the battery was flat. Nothing had been left sucking power, the car is 7 years old, so i thought id get a price on a new power cell, ready for the winter. Got the father in law to jump it and get into town to get it tested, and replaced if nec.
I phoned the local motor factor, £46+vat. not bad.
Phoned the company who supply our work vehicles with batteries, They put the car reg in and said they could do a good quality batt for £48+vat fitted. Bargain.
However, when they went to test and replace it, it wasnt under the bonnet where they thought it should be. It is a rather different looking item, quite small, located under the passenger seat.
Now im getting quoted £140+vat.
What is that all about. Ive put it on hold in the hope that someone can explain what it is and why it is so expensive.
The car is a Chrysler PT cruiser 2.2crd.
anyone???
cheers.