hey guys, just an update....was a little bit pissed off, but all good now.
Decided to hold off, just a day, to see if I couldn't find a better batt/price....(hey, I have the cash, but why give it to assholes?)
Went to Supercreep Auto, found the bog standard and recommended 270CCA NZ40L for the SkLine at $95.
I went back to Reepo, as I had found a 330CCA batt for $135 with the correct form factor, but that had been just sold.
Then thought about the 270CCA and how I sometimes have a coffee and watch DVD while in the car and in the garage, just for shits and giggles. Reepo were selling the EXACT same 270CCA batt (with 'their' sticker attached) for $115.
So, again, for shits and giggles, and as I was already there, I approached the 13 year old emo and asked if I could get the 270CCA for the same price as Supercreep Auto were selling theirs...and was told that they can't price match different batteries...I tried explaining (not in any serious manner) that the batts were identical, even the plastic welded factory numerical data markings were the same, just you had licked and slapped your Reepo sticker on it......(hey, I've been a great customer for Reepo since 1985, and was thinking, stupidly, that they would try and keep me(???)..I know emo would've not known that, but hey.
So anyways, drive further down Ferntree Gully Road, and my old haunt, 'Spares Gallore', and I popped in, still looks the same 25 years later, and still trying to sell that fan belt I saw hanging up all those years ago (you know what I mean)
and immediately saw the battery......'SUPACHARGE' (a well known brand) sealed cells, magic eye, correct form factor and posts and 380CCA!!.
"um...ehmuchisit?" I asked...old bloke said $99...I thought to myself...nah, but I won't say anything...guy checks his computer (an IBM AT286, I believe)..and it's $99!.....
(I did ask the guy how long the batt had been sitting around for, he said "not too long", the batt schtickers confirmed this)
Chucked it in the Line, and I've never heard the motor catch-on so quickly!!....Then I let it idle, charge up a little...and the next start is even more hornier!!
I'm off to watch 'Gold Member' in it now.....
Reepo! sux my left one!.....
Emo's, my right.