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Originally Posted by mbzman
I ended up going with a $100 AC Delco. It actually has more CCA than the OEM one and a longer warranty as well. While the battery dimensions match, the AC Delco doesn't tighten down with the factory clamp as it doesn't have that bottom lip around the base like the OEM one had. I will have to think of a workaround for the time being. The battery tray is quite large. Even the old battery from Mercedes didn't fill it all in. Believe it or not the receipt for the Mercedes battery from early 2002 had a list price of $134. Hard to believe it could go climb in price so much!
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It really may have not gone up in price that much, could be that the dealer you talked to has excessive mark-up.
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2006 BMW M5 "Heidi" @ 109,000 miles
2005 MBZ C55 AMG "Lorelai" @ 165,000 miles
1991 MBZ 300E "Benzachino II" @ 165,000 miles
1990 MBZ 500SL "Shoshanna" @ 118,000 miles
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