I’ve just replaced car battery on the Coupe yesterday which had been a bit iffy for starting the last month or so. I checked the details on battery in the car, Bosch S4007 supplied by Euro Car Parts according to sticker on it. I have never fitted a new battery whilst in my ownership of 7 years so had to look through the spreadsheet I've compiled of all car history from previous owners and found that the last battery was fitted in 2009 by previous owner, so not bad for 10 years!! Cost £81-95 + £25 + VAT for fitting back then.
It really does pay to check around as the price variations for the same/similar batteries are amazing. Using my car reg to find if I had the correct one installed, it proved correct. Euro Car Parts came up with £179.999 (4year guarantee), Halfords equivalent £98 and my local car parts guy Sewells in Billingham £76, with fitting cost of £0.
The Bosch S4007 with 3 year guarantee I picked up from Sewells (the shop owner put car reg in on his PC which came up with this battery also) turned out to be identical to my old battery when I put them side by side even down to the Bosch leaflet attached to the side of the battery.
