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Old 06-23-2008, 05:36 AM
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Default Diehard no longer makes our battery... but NAPA has one...

I'm picking one up later today, NAPA Legend 850CCA with a vent. 114 USD

My failed headlight buzzer has finally cost me a battery :-(

I think I'll put headlights on an ignition relay.
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Default they now make the DieHard Platinum. Fits the A8 perfect. Great battery but $189

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Default I just bought mine @ AutoZone

About $115. Fits just like the original.
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Default Wow... you're right. Thanks....

That's strange. An Autozone search yeterday said not available. Of course there was a lot of imbibing going on....Today they list an $85.00 Duralast. And Sears told me "no match" online and at a store I called. I suspect Rod Serling is invoved somehow. Or ethanol.

Maybe I'll get that one. It's cheaper.

Thanks rangervr
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I thought the terminals on the OEM looked smaller than American size.
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Nope, both the Optima and the Diehard fit without force.
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Default Guy at sears lied to you......

I was standing at the computer when the guy looked up a 1998 audi A8 and the one new DieHard Platinum poped up on the screen. Maybe old software at that Sears?
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