Battery Varta or OEM KIA

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.

Varta je možda malo skuplji, ali ga imam u kolima od 2016. godine bez izgleda da posustane ni malo. Predlažem da staviš najveći koji je fizički moguće, mislim da je kod mene to bio model od 77Ah sa 700A udarne struje.

I put in a Varta CP1254 A3, same form factor, similar enough specs.

UPDATE: I put in the bigger battery, it's great. The Cp1254 A4 gets me 1-2 hours extra use over the A3 and I believe even the original Z55H.

I just replaced my xm3 batteries (they are cp1254a3 with 60mah) and I replaced it with the newer version (cp1254a4 with 74mah). No issues and more capacity.

Yep. Varta is a good battery. My battery died this year in March. I replaced it and paid 800 for a Varta battery for my dodge charger. So far so good!

the cars are decent, the customer service at the dealers, hit or miss.

the Vancouver (Coquitlam) dealership i bought my Kia from knew jack squat about my car - I basically just needed them to sell me a car, that I knew more about at the time of sale than they did.

went to a different one, and got a much better experience, they were willing to sit down and talk to you about what the problems were, what options were, etc. So in short, the early EVs (like the one I drive) were kinda iffy depending on your experience, could be great could be terrible, but the classic ioniq is one I would hands down trade in for. The extra cobalt inside the cells means the degradation happens less, it doesn't overheat as quickly, charges reasonably fast, and more efficient than tesla :p

Got a Varta battery and it only lasted 1.5 years. My car is parked under the sun on weekdays but was expecting more from the battery