I’m the kind of guy who likes to wash his own car. It takes about an hour of sweat-soaked, grime-nailed work but at the end of it, I have a car that I can unashamedly get in and drive. It’s such a shame that me washing the car looks a lot like a damned rain-dance. One such productive morning, having detailed my ride, I showered, shaved, dressed and got into the car, pushed the start button and – nothing. After much troubleshooting (cars these days have got too smart for their own good), it was determined that the battery was at fault.

The common advice I received was to go to the local battery joint and get a new one. But the problem was that I didn’t know of a local battery joint. An Internet search and a browse through the HitAd didn’t help much either. The only lead I had was from a friend in the automobile industry who suggested the shop under review.

Velocity Battery Works is located near the 7th Mile Post (‘Hathe Kanuwa’) on High Level Road, on the left hand side when travelling from the Nugegoda flyover towards Gamsaba Junction.