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  17. Winter tyre swap cost surprise

    in General Celica Discussion

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    Given the cold weather predicted I decided time was right to swap over to my winter tyres, having never done this before I have phoned around local to me being quoted on average 20 quid a tyre, and that's if they will do the job, 1 turned me down as not new tyres.So I thought for a laf id phone Kwik-fit expecting a silly price to be quoted and was told about 54 quid all in, and open all day..will let you know if the price goes up :)

    That's bloody cheap for new?

    Am I missing a trick here?

    What spec tyres are these?

    Brand?

    Was reading Honest John in the papers and he was saying Mini offering their customers £350 for set of winter tyres was cheap?!!! :o

    Plus £35-£50 annual storage was a bargain? :o

  20. Battery Charger / Conditioner

    in General Celica Discussion

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    Cheers Brian.

    I did hav a choice of buying a new battery or a charger.

    considering the battery never let RED down but, potentially

    battery get drained again if I left door open of something..

    ..it made sense to buy a charger instead.

    hopefully the reconditioning of the battery by charger will

    giv the battery a few more years refreshed life whn REDs alive again in

    the spriing! :-)

  21. Battery Charger / Conditioner

    in General Celica Discussion

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    considering i leave cars for ages at a time, all i do is disconnecte the battery and leave it on the bench. I try and start each car and allow it to warm up for at least 5 mins everytime i get up to the garage so they all get a run and the battery stays in good condition

    if i was mothballing a car completely and not going anywhere near it for months on end i would probably use a battery conditioner

    Tis was the plan, Brian.

    But the windscreen replacement + overnite courtesy light left on...killed off the batt :-(

  25. Battery Charger / Conditioner

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    Sadly my RED (Gen4) died the other week - she usually lasts a good 3 weeks - but I left her alone for 4 weeks plus her windscreen was replaced for over 4 hours (door left opened) and then her doors wasn't shut over night - so guess all the courtesy lights left on for so many our killed the battery...

    Anyway I rushed out to buy one of these:

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    But thinking maybe getting another one as a backup or for my dad, just wondering which one to go for?

    ALDI now available:

    ALDI_zps48045364.png

    or LIDL available today:

    LIDL_zps8ec11d96.png

    Plus, does anyone just leave the battery connected to the car and just leave the charger on over the weekend/winter after its been fully charged?

    Or better to disconnect battery?

    And just connect back on when I need the car?

    I am just gonna give my RED a startup every month whilst she is in storage...

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