[W126 Coupe] New Topic: battery

[Jim Ham]

Didn't I read on this list that MB batteries are rebranded Interstate? If 
memory is correct it was Satish with that bit of knowledge.

I was satisfied with the last MB battery. It was in the car when I bought 
it 6 years ago. I live in a mild climate (near San Francisco), so batteries 
usually die from internal leakage rather than lack of capacity. The last 
one would go dead in a couple of days after a full charge. The recent 
thread about intermittent loads from the car had me going - but in my case 
it turned out to be just a bad battery.

My nearest dealer (Autobahn Motors) gives me the "vintage car discount" of 
10% on parts. This makes the battery a real deal, especially if it is an 
Interstate underneath the MB logo. Plus, as I wrote before, it fits, it was 
in stock, and the service is great.

Regards,

Jim Ham

At 05:11 PM 2/16/2006, you wrote:
>I went to an MBCA event last year to hear tech guru George Murphy talk about
>our cars and maintenance issues.
>
>IIRC, he said that the MB batteries are crap and to buy either Optima or
>Interstate (which makes sense because Interstate owns Optima...).
>
>Cheers,
>Axel
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: mbcoupes-bounces at mbcoupes.com [mailto:mbcoupes-bounces at mbcoupes.com]
>On Behalf Of Dan Landiss
>Sent: Thursday, February 16, 2006 7:49 PM
>To: Mercedes Coupes Mailing Lists
>Subject: Re: [W126 Coupe] New Topic: battery
>
>Mister McGoo wrote:
> >
> > At -3C ambient the voltage was 12.4V.  I expected more but my new
> > 850CCA battery read the same.
> >
>
>Unfortunately the no-load voltage is not a good indicator of a battery's
>condition. The shops use a tester that draws several amps.
>
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