[ausev] A/C in an EV - battery recommendations? - $69.95 at Interstate Battery

[Christopher Robison]

On Tue, 2007-07-24 at 12:41 -0400, csorenson1 at austin.rr.com wrote:
> I called Interstate Battery on Burleson Road.  I spoke with the manager
> about the U-2200, 6V lead-acid golf cart batteries.  At first he quoted me
> $89.00.  When I asked if that was the price for our EV group, he did some
> more digging and came up with $69.95 each.  I was seeing over $100 on the
> internet.  Thanks so much for the recommendation.
> 
> I don't remember if the contact info was on the last email from Mark, so if
> anyone else wants to purchase batteries from them the phone number is
> 447-6185, the manager's name is Bob, address is 5308 Burleson Road.  He
> says he has plenty in stock.


At the risk of shouting out the obvious...

It may not be timely for your purchase Claire, and it may not even be
necessary given that you've already gotten a good deal, but it might be
worth it for list members in general to consider the possibility of
putting together group purchases of batteries.  

Those interested in buying batteries now and in the future could just
announce here as Claire has done, and we can see if there's anyone else
who can add some batteries to the order. Even if they aren't all of the
same type, it might allow us to bargain for a better price. Just
thinking out loud here but perhaps AustinEV could help broker the deal
financially as well, so one person doesn't have to buy 2 or 3 cars'
worth of batteries and wait to be reimbursed.

I can think of at least one other car that will need some batteries
soon  :-)


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Christopher Robison
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