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Originally Posted by sc_rufctr
About 10 years ago I bought a Yellow Top Optima for my "daily" (VW Golf VR6)... That battery lasted about 18 months! Never again. I went back to a traditional lead acid wet cell and that battery was still in the car when I sold it 8 years later. It was tired but still OK.
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When I bought my 84 it came with a one-year old red top. Thirteen years later, I figured it couldn't last much longer...so I replaced it with the same.
Same conditions...the new one died before 3 years.
They are not the same batteries as before.