Less than four days to go until the delivery date for my iQ and I'm getting a little paranoid, thinking any moment the dealer will call to let me know it's going to be delayed. It won't be the end of the world if that happens but I'm quite keen to have a car that I can just jump to any time and use. The Caterham's been great but it's a useless only car.
I've had to use it quite a bit over the last couple of weeks which to be honest has been quite fun, but what hasn't been fun is constantly running out of electricity. One day last week I parked up at work and came to start it at the end of the day to go home, and it barely turned over at all. Not amused. So I bought an Odyssey Extreme battery from Grand Prix Racewear yesterday which so far has completely solved my problems getting the car started.
Fitting it was a bit of a fiddle. I'd checked the dimmensions and believed it to be an easy fit, but typical of me I'd got confused while measuring up and in fact it didn't quite fit. I removed the old battery tray and a small amount of material from the side skin and outer chassis rail. It was a tight fit but it went in, but to be on the safe side I fabricated a tie-down strap as well.
The old battery had lasted for just over seven years so I can't complain too much, and an afternoon spent shaping and bending bits of metal was quite cool.
Now I'm going to enjoy a Toffee Crisp and watch Top Gear :)