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Exide has gone belly up, their products suck!
As for the "proper fit" it is a Group-49. Most places (Such as walmart) Do not sell group-49. This can be interchanged for the lesser Group-41. It has slightly less CCA, and is significantly smaller, but when my glowplugs were dead it would crank the engine over for 2 straight minutes without missing a beat. Other than the fact that it doesnt fill the hole MB left for a group-49, Ive had no problems using a group-41 in its place, both for my volvo diesel (which asks for a group-49 by the book) and in the 300d, as well as a freinds 300SDL living out in utah, and my neighbors 92 300d. They are all running walmart group41 batteries, no problems. at $39, its a deal!
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Matt
2003 Jetta Wagon TDI 145,000MI
1999.5 Jetta TDI 287,000MI
2001 Suzuki SV650S 26,000MI
2008 Yamaha Vino 125 11,000MI
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