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| neyen14 |
 Dec 1 2011, 10:04 PM
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Member  Group: Members Posts: 106 Joined: 2-December 07 From: New York Member No.: 8,408 Region Association: North East States  |
Hi all, I just received a Red Optima and the thing is radically heavy, is that the way they are or did I get the one for aircraft carriers? It's funny cause I've heard the battery location is to offset the driver... this one definitely will.
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| GeorgeRud |
Dec 1 2011, 10:52 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 3,725 Joined: 27-July 05 From: Chicagoland Member No.: 4,482 Region Association: Upper MidWest |
Loved my first Optima battery, was satisfied with the second one, and disappointed in the life of the third one. I store my cars over the winter with the battery hooked up to a battery maintainer in a garage, and it seems that they don't last as well as they used to.
Went back to an Interstate when it was time to replace the battery as I don't drive the car in the rain anyway and the price of the Optima was getting up there. |
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| brant |
Dec 2 2011, 12:17 AM
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914 Wizard Group: Members Posts: 12,167 Joined: 30-December 02 From: Colorado Member No.: 47 Region Association: Rocky Mountains 
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QUOTE(GeorgeRud @ Dec 1 2011, 09:52 PM)  Loved my first Optima battery, was satisfied with the second one, and disappointed in the life of the third one. I store my cars over the winter with the battery hooked up to a battery maintainer in a garage, and it seems that they don't last as well as they used to. Went back to an Interstate when it was time to replace the battery as I don't drive the car in the rain anyway and the price of the Optima was getting up there. its not really the rain that will get you with a standard wet lead battery its the fact that they outgass they outgass and that can combine with any moisture humidity... washing your car... anything to lead to a corrosive substance the optima's are lead batteries too, but they contain their own gas and are thus called "sealed" I put a standard battery in for a few months and couldn't believe how much more cable corrosion and powdery corrosion the tray showed in comparrison to the sealed battery brant |
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neyen14 Optima Battery Dec 1 2011, 10:04 PM
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How did you guys mount the Odyssey? Anyway to do... Dec 2 2011, 09:28 AM sean_v8_914 lead purity is key. the MX optimas are as Pancakep... Dec 2 2011, 08:32 AM windforfun My first one only lasted a year or two. I can... Dec 2 2011, 10:04 AM bigkensteele I just put a red top in mine. I used a size 35, w... Dec 2 2011, 11:01 AM Scott Schroeder I have 5 "dead" red tops that will not h... Dec 2 2011, 11:12 AM Rand
I was under the impression that the great thing a... Dec 2 2011, 11:28 AM c12croft
I have 5 "dead" red tops that will not ... Dec 2 2011, 03:08 PM mwyatt I went with the lightweight Odyssey about 6 months... Dec 2 2011, 11:17 AM underthetire Been saying optimas are junk for a few years. My e... Dec 2 2011, 11:19 AM VegasRacer
Been saying optimas are junk for a few years. My ... Dec 2 2011, 02:07 PM Tom I guess I got one of the older good ones. Have had... Dec 2 2011, 03:16 PM neyen14 Thanks for the feedback this way, that way, and ot... Dec 2 2011, 06:51 PM charliew I've been using optimas for about ten years. U... Dec 3 2011, 12:31 PM |
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