New Car Battery

With respect what Halfords sell is of no relevance.

A completely illogical and nonsensical conclusion from the reality that one can often fit a battery of different size to the original.

No-one has proposed such, as if you brain were functioning you'd well know.

NT

Low performance vehicles don't need battery clamps to be functional. I've driven more than one vehicle that had no provision for any sort of battery clamping. Of course they're a hazard in a crash, that's primarily why cars now have the clamps.

NT

for some vague value of checked.

It was done all the time when scrapyards were common. It's hardly difficult.

NT

Crikey - you are really well off: we are very impressed.

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"Now"? My first car (1964) was a 1953 Ford Prefect. I'm pretty sure that its battery was secured (was it in a box compartment?) - and I'm definitely sure that all my subsequent cars had clamps or similar ways of securing the battery. It's unthinkable that they wouldn't.

Do you actually read the posts you're replying to?

I'd guess your definition of 'fit' might be different to others.

It's exactly what you said by replying to my post.

Thanks for confirming you're a danger on the roads.

I've yet to see any production car of any age where the battery isn't secured, as supplied by the factory.

Of course. Having the battery rattling around is so silly I'm surprised that even Mr Purr thinks it OK.

I see any discussion with you is pointless.

If you learn a bit more about cars you'll find there are lots of old cars w ith no provision for a battery clamp. They tend to be prized rather than ca lled silly. I have no problem with having driven some pieces of history, an d far from your assertion that such is a danger, classic cars in fact have a better safety record on the road than modern ones. It appears that parado x and its explanation are things you know nothing about.

NT

OTOH I've bought many a second hand one where the clamps were missing and how they attached was not obvious, to the point where you might be forgiven for thinking they didn't have any.

Please give an actual example of a production car supplied with no battery clamp. Should be very easy for you since they are so common in your experience.

The first car I owned was a 1954 MG Magnette. Which had a battery clamp. And all the many I've owned since have a method of securing the battery too.

It is if you choose to ignore points in a thread. And reply to something you've invented.

I've had scores of cars over the decades and most of them had unsecured batteries for whatever reason. It has never caused me the slightest difficulty.

Well yes and no., They do flap around if you are an enthusiastic driver, and I did have one short itself momentarily and cut the engine..

Since I ran out of scrapyards in those days it was never hard to find a replacement clamp.

Ah, the little rectangular washers down the bottom.

NT

Lada Riva. Commer walkthrough.

But older ones don't, and some post 54 ones don't.

NT

Historic cars and manic driving tend not to mix, at least not with the sort I like.

NT

and does represent a very real and likely danger of unfused battery leads causing a dead short across the battery, I thought that must be legislated against?