Seems 'tis the season for flat batteries. This morning as I got in my car I put my foot on the brake and thought that it was odd that the brake lights did not light up the carport. It was however 4am and so I put it down to another craptiva idiosyncrasy. All was made clear though when I turned the key and the starter motor groaned. Slowly turned the engine which luckily fired and off I drove to rowing.
Arrived west end to over hear another guy had a flat battery in a merc of all things. Then one of our eights had a flat cox box.
After rowing, the starter motor again did its best under arduous conditions. I figured I'd better leave it running while I bought a coffee. Didn't want to tempt fate.
I then plugged in my ODB2 doodad and had a look on the app on the phone. While driving it was only 14V whereas I'd expected more like 16. All was revealed when the engine was switched off. I do note that I need to set a base line for my 0-100. Just need to find a quiet suburban St with no red light cameras.
NEW BATTERIES
Supercheap Auto Century DIN85LHMF 760CCA $419
BatteryWorld Yuasa DIN75RHX MF 910CCA $379
Battery World Yuasa DIN75RH MF 750 CCA $329
Battery World Yuasa DIN85LH MF $379 + $39 = $418 installed
RACQ Battery #3884 850CCA $350 (Member Price) $375(Non member Price)
RACQ Battery #3888 850CCA $500 (Member Price) $525 (Non Member Price)
Battery World Rocklea 3892 1207 $39 call out fee
THURSDAY 30-3-2023 Update
Baseline - New battery and engine on
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