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Old 10-18-2009, 01:13 PM
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My battery was dead so I took it to NAPA. They didn't have the exact one in stock, so they gave me one that was "a bit shorter but should work fine". I just tried to drop it in, and it seems a bit wide.

It's snowing right now so I didn't try too hard, but anyone have experience using off-size batteries? Could I plug this baby in and drive it to another NAPA for a replacement?

I'm pretty sure this is what I have:


http://www.napaonline.com/MasterPage...egend+75+Month
Old 10-18-2009, 01:23 PM
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Just posted this in response at AZ, but:

As long as you can safely secure it in the stock location it will be fine. I don't know how the CCA or CA compare to NAPA's normal battery for the A4s, but as long as it's not significantly smaller there is probably little to no difference.

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Looking at the recommend batteries on NAPA's website, the specs are pretty much identical with the exception of dimensions to the one you got. So as I said as long as you can secure it, it will be fine.
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Thx man
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