Batteries????????
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wow i never even noticed that there before, that's pretty cool because its like a reflector under the clear plate that just reflects either green or yellow without even using a light to let you know how the battery is...interesting...
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Also, My 2000 Silverado had the origional battery when I traded it in back in March '08. The truck had 76kmi.
One last thing, the green light usually goes from dark neon green to a light green and then black most of the time. My Chevy battery was light green after 8yrs.
#16
Optimas are a good battery but that doesn't mean they're not over priced. I dunno what advance auto you're talking about but they sell red tops for $170...autozone for $160. Yellows are even more..starting in the $200's. You can look all this up on their own sites. Do you have a link for the $99 shipped to your door for a red top?
A normal battery is more than good enough for most people unless you have a really good audio system...which most don't. Yea a lot of batteries will last longer then 5 years but I wouldn't trust it...it's not worth being stranded. Duralasts are sold at other places besides Sears....autozone being one. And again..they cost almost half the price.
A normal battery is more than good enough for most people unless you have a really good audio system...which most don't. Yea a lot of batteries will last longer then 5 years but I wouldn't trust it...it's not worth being stranded. Duralasts are sold at other places besides Sears....autozone being one. And again..they cost almost half the price.
Last edited by SeVeReDiStOrTiOn; 01-02-2009 at 01:50 AM.
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Optimas are a good battery but that doesn't mean they're not over priced. I dunno what advance auto you're talking about but they sell red tops for $170...autozone for $160. Yellows are even more..starting in the $200's. You can look all this up on their own sites. Do you have a link for the $99 shipped to your door for a red top?
I did check on Ebay and found a Red Top 750cca amp post/side mounts combo for only $125 shipped
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/OPTIMA-RED-TOP-BATTERY-34-78-980-SERIES-100_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ33574QQihZ019QQitem Z290286154776QQrdZ1QQsspagenameZWDVW
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I didn't. I was just making a point that besides just the pretty green and yellow, it also has a red ball. But you really don't want to see it...
Now for those of you griping about what an optims costs. When I had my bass boat, I used to have to replace my deep cycles (2 of 'em) every year. The bargain ones at Wally World were about $90 each. Another tourney fisherman suggested the Optimas to me, saying he's had the same issue and was on the third year with his. So I bought them, not cheap for the yeller ones, I think I gave about $189 each for 'em. But when I sold the boat 4 years later, it still had the same batteries in it and they still held a charge pretty much like when they were new.
Now in the end, which was cheaper?
Now for those of you griping about what an optims costs. When I had my bass boat, I used to have to replace my deep cycles (2 of 'em) every year. The bargain ones at Wally World were about $90 each. Another tourney fisherman suggested the Optimas to me, saying he's had the same issue and was on the third year with his. So I bought them, not cheap for the yeller ones, I think I gave about $189 each for 'em. But when I sold the boat 4 years later, it still had the same batteries in it and they still held a charge pretty much like when they were new.
Now in the end, which was cheaper?
Last edited by HammerZ71; 01-02-2009 at 07:32 AM.
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One of the guys I work with, is a farmer with 3 boys. He has a ctd and swears by the optima. He's told me his kids have hooked the bat up backwards when trying to jump a tractor and never done any noticable harm to it. In fact he also told me the same bat that had been so misused was the one he originally had in his big block racecar---alchohol camaro--. If we were taking a Poll here--I'd be voting for the optima red or yellow.
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