Having to replace your car battery is one of those annoying, out-of-the-blue yet completely necessary expenses which most of us could do without. It is therefore very tempting to look online for the cheapest battery possible to reduce the costs as much as you can.

But you will also need to bear in mind that there is a cost associated with the actual fitting of the new battery as well, and it is better to look at the whole thing as one, as you are much more likely to get a good deal. If you buy a cheap battery and then ask a garage to fit it for you, you may end up paying more than if you asked them to both source and fit the battery themselves.

Without a doubt, the cheapest way to do it is to source a cheap...

It happens to the best of us. We leave the radio or the lights on in the car overnight and wake up the next morning to find that the battery has gone flat just at the moment when we most need the car. If your battery does go completely flat, then you will need to charge it. You can do this in one of several ways.

There is nothing more annoying than going out to your car in the morning and finding that the battery has gone flat and the car won’t start. It can ruin your plans for days whilst you work out alternative transport arrangements and get any potential maintenance problems fixed. Keeping an eye on your battery and regularly checking its performance is the best way to avoid this from happening.

There is never a convenient time for your car battery to run flat, but it always seems to happen when you need to be somewhere in a hurry.

If you don’t have time to get hold of a battery charger and fully charge your car battery from the mains, then jump starting your vehicle is probably the quickest and most efficient way of getting yourself back on the road. All you will need is a set of jump leads and a friendly driver with a few minutes to spare and a fully charged battery.