Hello fellow SF’s
Has anybody used a mobile battery replacement service for their car? Our car is showing all the typical signs of a battery which needs replacing but at the moment rather than drive to a garage/centre mecanique we would like a mobile service which will come out to us. Val d’Oire et Gartempe area
Whenever I’ve needed a new car (or similar) battery, I’ve ordered one from All Batteries.
Their prices are good, they deliver in a few days and the battery takes less than 5 minutes to replace and involves loosening then retightening 2 bolts.
Taking the appropriate precautions of course 
By putting a condom on the battery terminals?!
You beat me to it 
@_Brian -,You are clearly so immature!!!
Make sure you have the radio/ICE code before disconnecting the battery.
Always disconnect the grounding strap from the -ve terminal first using a spanner which isn’t long enough to short out the two terminals.
Good to know your car arrived but wondering why you haven’t asked the dealer about the battery issue. Have they delivered a faulty car?
Izzy x
I ordered my last car battery from Amazon, Bosch battery arrived the next day for about 69€
DIY route is easy, I got my replacement battery from Amazon as @mat_davies recommended,just YouTube battery replacement for the model of your car as a few car have some access quirks, my Peugeot 207 needed air filter removing and the whole ICU unit removing, but most cars give easier access to the battery:relaxed:
DIY route is easy yes but we are surrounded by cartons after the move, unbelievable levels of cleaning, enclosing our fields so the dog doesn’t get out, delivery of car which lasted 6 days… (sorry to moan but moving even if done overseas before is not an easy thing), little internet for working and both have to get back to work on Monday after two weeks offline (huh! that was moving so not exactly a holiday), so was just looking for someone who would come round and do it
In that case, speak to your local garagiste - they can be very obliging.
For cars of a certain age, an important consideration.
More modern cars have the radio “coded” to the car so don’t need an unlock code.
However on current cars, especially on anything with stop-start it is important that whoever changes the battery tells the engine management system that there is a new battery in the car.
Most intermarches have car batterries or even brico’s. Bit more expensive than all betteries but you will have it there and then.
Did anyone spot the report in the Press today… it’s a lesson to us all… 
seems car1 wouldn’t start… a driver of car2 agreed to help…
we’ll do a charge-up, battery to battery 
…
they did, whatever they did under the bonnets and wandered off to let the duff battery take the charge…
When they returned a few minutes later, it was too late. Both cars were engulfed in flames and all the pompiers could do was stop the fire spreading to the nearby building… 
Probably connected positive to negative & vice versa
Mon dieu! Quel cauchemar 
I’m pretty sure they’d know about that long before they walked away.
You’d think but maybe they persuaded themselves that the high level of sparks flying when they hooked the batteries up was “normal”.
Looking again it isn’t clear whether the fire started in just one of the vehicles
Though it does conclude saying two vehicles were burnt out as Stella said - perhaps it was that one of the batteries was shorted.
I know you cant jump start some models, they have a place where they can be charged from. BIL needed a new dashboard after atempting it.