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I left the tunes playing on mine the other weekend and ran it almost flat in a couple of hours,im not sure if that was an early sign of it being past its best? Its done very well i suppose at over 5 years old.Saying that i was shocked to take out the origonal last winter from my 2003 a4 tdi thats done 155k,that was a sterling effort for a battery!

6 years+ I am still on my original and its still going strong.

J

still on my original battery 7 years next year march...

It went dead last year because I was also playing the music well washing the car...
But charged it and is been fine ever since

6+ years and 99k miles and still on original.

There's a good chance there's nothing wrong with your battery.

All those little low volume whirls (?priming the fuel), courtesy lights etc when the doors open can drain the battery if done often enough. Mine wouldn't start after a marathon detailing session last summer by a friend of mine. He'd spent eight hours straight on it. The interior was particularly well done!

Yup thats what i was doing too! Outside wasnt too shabby when done!

fixed

JackS4 wrote:6 years+ I am still on my original and its still going strong.

Same here, expecting it might go this Winter so I've got the details of the type number and a local battery wholesaler in the car.

I'm not surprised it went flat after having the stereo o for 2 hours. I never leave the stereo on for more than 20 mins without starting it. That was with just standard Bose amp etc. Now I've got the big amps in I start it up if the stereo is on for more than 5 mins.

Went to Le Manns last year, plugged in fridge overnight in boot plug, Killed it. had to replace when I got home, otherwise 4 years use no probs and may of gone longer....

mine 6 years and still going strong..

stu wrote:fixed

Stu, Got any more pics ??? Looking good so far what you using to detail it

Anyone any idea what the factory code is for Sports Supsension +
My Sprint Blue Avant is a fair bit lower than that My tyres are amost under the arch

Here's mine - looks like its got a pallet of cement in the boot

ROY wrote:

stu wrote:fixed

Stu, Got any more pics ??? Looking good so far what you using to detail it

Sorry! That was a photo from lengster's above post. Turned it another 90 degrees, hence 'fixed'.

But yeah, I did a good job on that.

ROY wrote:Anyone any idea what the factory code is for Sports Supsension +
My Sprint Blue Avant is a fair bit lower than that My tyres are amost under the arch

Looks like SS+ to me - either that or the DRC is bust

Standard suspension is 2MC and SS+ is 2ME