Subject	Bought an Optima RedTop battery 6 years ago
Posted by	sparkie on February 18, 2009 at 6:23 PM
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In Reply To	A dead rabbit stuffed in a coffee can is better then Optima. posted by ni[X]it on February 18, 2009 at 04:23 PM
Message	For the first 3 years it sat in the shop, it has since worked without issues. Maybe I just got lucky. They need to be trickle-charged if discharged completely. www.ztechz.net ICQ # 14337317
Follow Ups	Battery for '91 Turbo... - thumper300zx 14:59:30 02/18/09 try Delco Batteries or Sears Diehard (n/m) - Cap927(Boston) 15:01:56 02/18/09 For reliability or for the dual terminals, or both? (n/m) - thumper300zx 15:47:15 02/18/09 reliability=Sears DieHard, dual terminal=Delco - Cap927(Boston) 16:41:42 02/18/09 Napa offers batterys with both top and side terminals. (n/m) - Summeronthechain (MN) 15:17:08 02/18/09 Re: Napa offers batterys with both top and side terminals. - thumper300zx 15:46:45 02/18/09 35/78 EXTN Super Start from O'Reilly (n/m) - bryan@Z1 15:47:05 02/18/09 No O'Reilly from about Central Time Zone - West. (n/m) - thumper300zx 16:08:21 02/18/09 O'reilly bought checkers. (n/m) - Josher 16:59:23 02/18/09 Thought Parts America owns Checker? As well as... - CameronSF 17:08:18 02/18/09 Alls I knows is, - Josher 17:53:29 02/18/09 A dead rabbit stuffed in a coffee can is better then Optima. - ni[X]it 16:23:23 02/18/09 Wierd. All the "Best Buy" batteries are "Everstart" as sold - ni[X]it 16:31:57 02/18/09 I bought a $40 Wal Mart battery 3+ years ago - en5 16:42:54 02/18/09 wurd (n/m) - zgene4 17:24:22 02/18/09 I've had my optima sideways for 3 years with no probs. - zboost(NoVA) 17:33:52 02/18/09 say no to acid (n/m) - SuparexTT 18:17:36 02/18/09 Oui. (n/m) - Inzane 18:21:35 02/18/09 Bought an Optima RedTop battery 6 years ago - sparkie 18:23:55 02/18/09 Re: Bought an Optima RedTop battery 6 years ago - thumper300zx 19:25:27 02/18/09 Hey David, I never found out how that track day you set up - Ashman2k2 19:57:04 02/18/09 My Optima RedTop battery is 8 years old now > - Gordo 93TT Daytona 20:20:09 02/18/09 My redtop is from 1999 or 2000, can't remember. - Multi_Read (MO) 22:24:53 02/18/09 Werd, on my 4th Optima Redtop (n/m) - Darude (Orlando) 20:09:31 02/18/09 strange no issues here - greyzx 21:22:38 02/18/09 YellowTop, 4 years, running strong. user error. (n/m) - ZiNnYc 06:24:18 02/19/09 "Yeah, I know, I gotta go... it's on!, I gotta go, it's on" (n/m) - BigTDogg (MA) 06:57:24 02/19/09 he didn't say that every Optima ever made will die in 1 year - ZEngineer 07:52:49 02/19/09 If this issue was so commonplace - ZiNnYc 13:08:21 02/19/09 I recommend the Sears Diehard Gold. (n/m) - Piranha(PHX) 16:36:41 02/18/09 I have had the best luck with Interstate batteries. - nemo1080 (Iowa) 17:12:53 02/18/09 I found one site that said Interstate was best... - thumper300zx 18:13:35 02/18/09 FYI, you can fit a larger 24F series (instead of stock 35) - BobbyT 17:43:08 02/18/09 Re: FYI, you can fit a larger 24F series (instead of stock 35) - thumper300zx 19:24:10 02/18/09 Only difference is the length (width) - BobbyT 20:52:11 02/18/09 optima has been hassle free, 5+ years (n/m) - not scared 19:15:24 02/18/09 This is what i've been using for a couple years now - Ashman2k2 20:02:19 02/18/09 OPTIMA (n/m) - davidztt 23:47:06 02/18/09 Walmart everstart again for me, 6+ years and my car sits - sleepy-z 03:56:51 02/19/09
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