Poll: new battery for old Honda —dealership or auto supply place like Auto Zone, NTB?

[Anonymous]

I want to go to the dealership. My spouse wants to go to NTB.

What would you do?

[Anonymous]

Neither. Walmart batteries are surprisingly good and cheaper.

[Anonymous]

I agree, probably somewhere in between. Never go to a dealership unless you want to get raped. At the same time, I've replaced my own battery before, and you don't really save much, either. However, I wasn't really careful on the pricing. In any case, it's very simple to do, so if you pay attention to the price, you might save $20 or so.

[Anonymous]

Costco has good batteries.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I agree, probably somewhere in between. Never go to a dealership unless you want to get raped. At the same time, I've replaced my own battery before, and you don't really save much, either. However, I wasn't really careful on the pricing. In any case, it's very simple to do, so if you pay attention to the price, you might save $20 or so.

[Anonymous]

Take old battery out of car. Take old battery to autozone. Buy new battery, leave old battery at autozone for recycling. Take new battery home, put new battery in car. Done.


FYI, if you can get the car started, you can also do this in the parking lot of the auto parts store.

It takes about 90 seconds to remove a battery from a Civic and install another one.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I want to go to the dealership. My spouse wants to go to NTB.

What would you do?

Your husband can’t change a car battery ????

Why would you marry a “man” like that?

[Anonymous]

Costco

[Anonymous]

We just had a battery replaced at the Honda dealership. It was around $180. We needed other work done so it was easier to do it all in one place, it maybe cost an extra $30. If I was just doing a battery replacement I'd probably go somewhere else, although the last autozone battery we got for the same car didn't last very long so maybe it was a false economy.

[Anonymous]

Yes to Costco.

[Anonymous]

I've had them replaced through AAA -- but didn't do any comparison shopping. For me it was the easiest option and their batteries have a reasonable guarantee.

[Anonymous]

Anywhere but the dealer - markup is insane!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I want to go to the dealership. My spouse wants to go to NTB.

What would you do?

Your husband can’t change a car battery ????

Why would you marry a “man” like that?

He has cancer. But thank you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I've had them replaced through AAA -- but didn't do any comparison shopping. For me it was the easiest option and their batteries have a reasonable guarantee.

This. If you are a AAA member they come to your home and replace it and take the old one away.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I've had them replaced through AAA -- but didn't do any comparison shopping. For me it was the easiest option and their batteries have a reasonable guarantee.

This. If you are a AAA member they come to your home and replace it and take the old one away.

No, we have USAA. They know about the battery and didn’t offer so maybe they don’t offer that. I’ll double check. Thanks!