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it also depends on the brand of the battery. DO NOT, i repeat DO NOT buy Everstart or Exide brand batteries for your Benz (any Mercedes). Any technician can tell you about past issues with these batteries. With Exide, after about two years, the battery starts to trap and collect all the sulfur on one side and ends up blowing up on its side due to heat and sulfur mixing together (slight heat from engine). With the Everstart, the battery simply sucks. It stresses on the label that it carries 875 ca, but that's only for about one month of use. What do u think the ca's will be in three months or one year? Definitly lower than half the original amount. That's where retailers like to get you by the neck and screw you over with the "warranty". So much for a 7 year warranty...
The only three brands that I can really depend on are Interstate, Duralast, and defintly DieHard (international).
I had one MB Tech tell me, around the first times I drove my 86' 300E, about that issue. I didnt believe him until my cousin ran into the problem with his 95' 500SL. It doesn't seem like a big deal, but it can possibly damage other electronics in your benz that require a certain amount of energy.
I would definitly look into that Cigar Havana...
Peace!
dj cee
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