I'm up for a new pair of batteries for my troopie. I knew they were a bit aged but they appear to have died completely. I haven't started it for a week and when I tried this morning it they were dead - after one pitiful crank they couldn't even throw the solenoid. I've been charging them for hours and they are better but I'm not convinced they will ever start the car. And unfortunately the car is parked where I can't get another car close enough for the jumper leads to reach.
It looks like I have 2 options. Either call the NRMA and get their relatively cheap batteries delivered free. Or pay a $65 call out fee to get the batteries I've been using, which have lasted well enough (Century N70ZZ). The NRMA option looks best but some on-line reviews are quite negative. However it doesn't make sense for the NRMA to sell rubbish and then give a 3 year warranty and I'm becoming quite wary of on-line 'reviews' which are too often clearly advertising or put downs of rivals products (you should read 4WD tyre 'reviews'
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So, does anyone have first hand experience with NRMA batteries or have any industry knowledge?