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Best Battery...., What is best for our cars? |
BuddyV |
Jan 31 2018, 12:39 AM
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Robert Group: Members Posts: 555 Joined: 8-April 05 From: Santa Rosa, CA Member No.: 3,898 Region Association: Northern California |
The last battery I bought was an Optima...... that was about 7 years ago. What do you all think of the Optima..... and is there anything better?
Pros and Cons? New technology? Better value? I recall the Optima was much more expensive than other batteries. Cheers! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif) |
McMark |
Jan 31 2018, 12:33 PM
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914 Freak! Group: Retired Admin Posts: 20,179 Joined: 13-March 03 From: Grand Rapids, MI Member No.: 419 Region Association: None |
Optima 34R (P/N: N9934RRED) is what used to be the best, but they changed the body plastic and it doesn't fit the tray without cutting the plastic (I've done it.) But the Optima N9935RED is the one I use now.
I also really like the Odyssey and have them in all my non-914 cars. I've installed a few in 914s, but fabricating a hold down clamp has pushed me away from this route. It's not hard, but I'm super picky and haven't come up with a properly affordable, effective, and elegant solution. |
JamesM |
Feb 1 2018, 08:01 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,900 Joined: 6-April 06 From: Kearns, UT Member No.: 5,834 Region Association: Intermountain Region |
Optima 34R (P/N: N9934RRED) is what used to be the best, but they changed the body plastic and it doesn't fit the tray without cutting the plastic (I've done it.) But the Optima N9935RED is the one I use now. I also really like the Odyssey and have them in all my non-914 cars. I've installed a few in 914s, but fabricating a hold down clamp has pushed me away from this route. It's not hard, but I'm super picky and haven't come up with a properly affordable, effective, and elegant solution. I used to love Optimas. 15 or so years ago they were great, the first one I had lasted me 10 years. At some point they moved their manufacturing to Mexico and the quality went to total crap. I had 2 of them produced after the manufacturing move and they were both garbage after the 2nd year. Even Costco stopped selling them here because of the insane return rates they were seeing. After the multiple Optima failures I too went to the Odysseys using the Rennline mounts. I have both a 925 and a 680, either one works great in a 914. Higher initial cost if you need to buy a mount but better in every way than the Optimas. |
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