i've been a fan of Optimas ever since i spent the better part of a day
scrubbing the spew from a cracked lead-acid battery out of an engine
compartment,... ;-*
i'm on my second one now since my last Optima only lasted 7 years in the
J**p; that's after having been drained completely flat several times (for a
variety of bad reasons,) and having spent many days powering the amateur radios
as a cross-band repeater on the top of a hill somewhere while i provided
communications for some event.
cheers!
e
n6zes
'85 300D
Berkeley
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> I've always been partial to Optima Batteries and so far I have nothing but
> good things to say about them. If you can take a battery and install it in
> any position (upside down, sideways) and it works no matter what then its a
> good battery. Maybe a bit more in price, but it will never leave you stranded
> and the good part is it protects itself from excessive drain and always
> provides enough juice to start your car.
>
> 69 280 SEL 120,000 Miles
> 72 350SL 108,000 Miles
> 2004 VW Passat 4 Motion
> 1999 Mazda Miata
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: J.B. Hebert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: Harry Watkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Mercedes mailing list <[EMAIL
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> Sent: Mon, 10 Oct 2005 21:13:29 -0400
> Subject: Re: [MBZ] Consumers Reports battery ratings
>
> I've run EverStarts in everything from lawn tractors to 2 Mercedes
> diesels with 0 problems. Several batteries have been severely
> abused, being run completely dead numerous times, and they've always
> bounced back after a good charge. For the price, you can't go
> wrong. Seat of the pants told me they were good batteries; it's nice
> to know that scientific tests back that up, as well.
>
> J.B.
>
> At 09:02 PM 10/9/2005, you wrote:
>
> >November 2005 issue reports that the Wal Mart EverStart beats the Diehard.
> >
> >Only six of 39 batteries tested met their CCA claims and four of those were
> >EverStart.
> >
> >I didn't know about batteies having a date code so you can pick out a fresh
> >one. They state that most batteries have them.
> >
> >Interesting read.
> >
> >Harry Watkins
> >Newton, MS
> >86 SDL Silver
> >85 300D Euro
> >86 SDL Gold
> >81 240D manual trans
> >
> >
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