>> Boot mounted batteries are getting more common and is not a bad way of distributing
>> the weight more evenly.
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That's fine as long as the manufacturer remembers to put some jump lead contacts under the bonnet so the boot doesn't have to be emptied to get to the battery.
A couple of years ago I was coming off the ferry at Hull, there was a motorist and the deck crew standing scratching their heads with a pair of jump leads and the bonnet up on a Volvo S60 - he hadn't switched off the motion sensor on his alarm, one dead battery.
The motorist didn't look too chuffed when I told him his battery was under the boot floor...let him think about that for a second or two, boot full of holiday stuff to unload on the parking deck of a North Sea ferry, then showed him the contact points under the bonnet to his relief.
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