The car has run fine for days, but after a 48-hour break, the battery seems dead. As it has been discharged and poorly recharged while attempting to start the car in the last few days prior to the repair, it was expectable.

If the battery has been toasted by too many repeated discharges, which replacement would be better, a deep-cycle battery or one with high starting power? The original piece is a Bosch Silver (80Ah rating).

Talked to a local Optima dealer, the answer had been they were to drop the Optima brand since it sold poorly, and anyway they had only 45Ah Yellow-tops. Stinger dealers seem better supplied

~Nautilus

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1990 260E Sportline (that's 300E 2.6 for our American friends) -> sold
2001 E320 4Matic Elegance -> my Dad's daily drive
2005 Seat Leon FR 1.8T