4200 battery

[Budapeststu]

My 3-year old original Maser battery seems to have been rogered by the long winter. Even the folks at my local dealer said there's no benefit to buying a genuine Maserati battery so I'm wondering what specification I need to buy if I buy a Bosch or other reputable brand?

I won't bore you with the reason why I don't just look at my existing battery. Suffice it to say it's in a dark car park with a flat battery so removing said flat battery would be a challenge.

Can anyone help? I decided to just ask on here, rather than doing a search on another more long-standing such forum. I'm sure I'm in the right place...

 

[lozcb]

Of course your in the right place Stuart, The original Fiamm batteries are now hard to come by , i would say any heavy duty battery of the right spec, 12v 74ah 440a iec 400a din will do the trick , i just bought one for my 4200 a 6 months back from my local factors £52.99 plus vat done me well right through the winter with all that cold starting and being left for weeks on end dont be scared to move away from oem with batteries

regards loz

 

[Budapeststu]

Ah, Loz. I knew I could rely on you. As my 4200 is my only form of transport, buying a new battery and bringing it to the car is potentially an expensive business.

The guy who's just refurb'd my grill (pictures to follow shortly) has kindly offered to pick up a battery for me and fit it on Friday but he needed a spec now so he can buy the battery in the morning.

Thanks a lot for your help.

 

[Emtee]

Hi Stu, Just PM'ed you. Cheers, Miles.

 

[X1ons]

I did exactly as Loz advised And my car has been superb ever since. £55 - I think Maserati was well over a hundred and it had to be ordered in - what a waste that would have been.

Good luck!!

Mark

 

[Budapeststu]

Hey Mark, I got one yesterday, a Bosch for around £60 and a matching Bosch charger for another £20 so I can see if the old battery will still hold charge and can be an emergency back up for future winters.

Yes, buying an original Maser item wouldn't have been viable and even the people at the local dealer were pragmatic enough not to recommend me sticking to OEM.

 

[WGG]

If you want to make your battery last stick on a battery conditioner when not using the car, I use an Etak one and have never been let down.

 

[Budapeststu]

If you want to make your battery last stick on a battery conditioner when not using the car, I use an Etak one and have never been let down.

Hi, The only issue is that there are no power sockets in the apartment building garage where my car is stored. I'm assuming a battery conditioner would require external power, right? I have a solar trickle charger but being winter the garage wasn't getting enough natural light to maintain the charge and frankly after 3 years, during 2 of which the car did less than 4,000 miles, I'm not altogether surprised the battery was on its last legs.

Thanks a lot for the tip though, it could certainly help in the future.