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A not-starting car this afternoon led me to purchase a new battery† on the way home from today’s bike riding. Unfortunately, when I went to install it I found that the part spec’d by O’Reilly Auto Parts to fit a 2006 Honda Civic EX, Super Start Battery #35-72 doesn’t quite fit. The photo above shows why, and after reading a bit it appears that I need a Group Size 51R battery and this 35-72 is something else. I’m not quite sure what size it is, but it’s definitely not 51R.
Unfortunately I found this at 8:51pm and Danielle and I weren’t able to make it there before they closed. Hopefully I’ll be able to get it sorted out in the morning. I’m tempted to return it and go to another (more proper) auto parts place. I would have gone somewhere else to purchase it, but at 7:30pm on a Sunday night O’Reilly was the only place open. For now, I’ve got no usable car.
† After sitting in the car listening to my iPod and charging my phone for ~30 minutes I left the car. Upon returning it wouldn’t start with typical low-battery signs. Nothing had been left on and a jump got things running, and as it’d been a bit questionable for a while (power windows are sluggish after the car is shut off, occasional not-quite-starting last winter) I feel it’s time for a new one.
UPDATE: According to the person at the O’Reilly “…they put the two-door battery in your car…”. I don’t really believe this, but the end result was me obtaining the right battery and dropping it into the car took less than five minutes. Everything is now sorted.