Thread: How Time Flies!
View Single Post
stevej37 stevej37 is online now
Registered
 
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: west michigan
Posts: 28,118
Quote:
Originally Posted by sc_rufctr View Post
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.

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.
__________________
78 SC Targa Black....gone
84 Carrera Targa White
98 Honda Prelude
22 Honda Civic SI
25 John Deere X-590
Old 05-21-2023, 03:54 PM
  Pelican Parts Catalog | Tech Articles | Promos & Specials    Reply With Quote #11 (permalink)