Battery Varta or OEM Audi

I’ve had good luck with the VW OEM Varta batteries.

I wasn’t happy with the replacement options for the old Mercury batteries. So, I stumbled upon the Varta V80H—a battery usually used in servers—and I built a charger for it. It’s the perfect match: it has good discharge characteristics, high capacity, slow self-discharge, and it's rechargeable!

I get all my batteries in Screwfix. They do Varta brand which are exceptionally good for the price.

I got ten years on a Varta in my MB 212. When I changed it out I was really surprised it was the original w/97k on it.

Varta is pretty good

Just replaced this battery in my Leon. Got the Bosch 096 agm for £127 from Tayna batteries on eBay.

The original Varta battery lasted 11 years and still worked but began showing signs it needed replacing.

Get a Varta battery, lasts forever.

Can confirm, worked at a battery store for a few years throughout college. Audis for some reason always lasted much longer than any other car brand.

My S4 battery is going on 6 years and it pops off like a brand new battery in Minnesota weather.

Yes, 2009 Audi TT, $800 as part of my yearly service in LA. Complained to Service advisor about the labor, and he took 20% off the battery portion.

In my old Audi, I had a non-OEM battery and I did the +1 in the serial number trick. That battery failed in a couple of months. I honestly think it was a bad unit.