Toyota now Powers Isuzu
Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2022 5:08 pm
A bit of History:
The battery in Fearless packed up in 2015. It was 5 years old.
I phoned around for prices, Toyota was, hands down, cheapest.
They are supplied by First National Battery.
Five years later the battery packed up again.
It was during LockDown.
Toyota was again the cheapest AND they had stock.
I remember it took longer to go through Halfway Toyota Honeydew's Covid Protocols than to buy the battery.
The Present:
Today my D-teq's battery packed up. It was 2 years and 2 months old.
So now Raylite will join Willard on the list of batteries I'll never buy again.
I phoned around, everyone was between R2100 & R2400.
Then I called Toyota - R1927.66.
I grabbed the spanners, shot off to Toyota Honeydew, removed the battery & took it to spares.
Thirty minutes later I was on the road again (I did stop to admire two LC300's on the way to wash my hands before leaving).
My Isuzu now sports a Toyota branded First National Battery.
The battery in Fearless packed up in 2015. It was 5 years old.
I phoned around for prices, Toyota was, hands down, cheapest.
They are supplied by First National Battery.
Five years later the battery packed up again.
It was during LockDown.
Toyota was again the cheapest AND they had stock.
I remember it took longer to go through Halfway Toyota Honeydew's Covid Protocols than to buy the battery.
The Present:
Today my D-teq's battery packed up. It was 2 years and 2 months old.
So now Raylite will join Willard on the list of batteries I'll never buy again.
I phoned around, everyone was between R2100 & R2400.
Then I called Toyota - R1927.66.
I grabbed the spanners, shot off to Toyota Honeydew, removed the battery & took it to spares.
Thirty minutes later I was on the road again (I did stop to admire two LC300's on the way to wash my hands before leaving).
My Isuzu now sports a Toyota branded First National Battery.
