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Originally Posted by TD
This is getting silly...
So I call VOB BMW back to make sure that they have one in stock before heading over. Yup. 22 of them. (What?!) Then I ask to confirm the price. $179.9x with the CCA discount. Hold on, that's not what I was told this morning. Now I'm told that guy must have been looking at the wrong battery. I ask whether the guy from this morning might have looked at the non-convertible battery (per BMW, the OE battery for the convertible is a different model than for the hardtop) and I'm told the E46 uses the same battery regardless of body style.
I decide to call BMW of Fairfax, which I can get to on the way home, if only adding about an hour to my trip (with traffic). They agree that the convertible uses a different battery. But offer up the convertible version for $155.xx.
Since VOB is still about 20 minutes out of my way and if I get going soon the time penalty to Fairfax won't be that bad, I guess I'm heading over to Fairfax.
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I have had bad experiences with VOB service cost shenanigans. I replaced my battery prior to having it sit for the winter. My experience with the e46 batteries is they last 4 years, period. Also, I had a parisitic drain from the clutch that was repaired, and wanted a fresh start on a new battery. Especially since the top puts a bit of an extra drain on it--if you put it up and down without the motor running.