![]() So, it was off to the shop for a replacement.īy this time, however, I'd installed 100 watt head lights, 110 watt IPF overhead lights, was starting to consider a winch and had added a Bazooka 10" powered sub-woofer. It was SO discharged it was beyond the best attempts at recharging. Never leave the dome light on in your vehicle if you're not going to be around for two and a half weeks. I ran my trusty old Optima for two more years until its untimely demise at my own hands. So, after properly disposing of the original factory battery with a gesture and a little curse, I was back on the road. Immediately, without a second thought, I pulled the Optima out of my 'Bird and replaced the dying factory "wet cell" battery. Diagnosis - two plates inside had come loose. Less then six months after I purchased my Sport the factory "wet cell" battery kicked the bucket. In January of 1997 I purchased my Montero Sport and stopped driving my 'Bird. No wet cell battery had every come close! I have NEVER regretted that decision! That "red top" lasted for almost five years and several hundred thousand miles in my 'Bird. Having, by this time (late 1992), seen how well my dad's Optimas were doing I decided to bite the bullet and spend the $120.00 for an Optima "red top". At $65+ a battery supplying that car with "snacks" was getting a bit expensive. Wet cell batteries have about a 1 to 1 1/2 year life span in that vehicle. Additionally, with the extremely stiff suspension (and our pathetic roads), the harsh vibrations and shocks eventually knock the plates inside loose allowing the battery to short out internally. Cranking a high compression (10.5+ to 1) engine in sub-freezing temperatures places a lot of strain on a battery. That vehicle eats wet cell batteries for lunch. Originally I bought my first Optima battery for my '68 Firebird. The life span of these batteries borders on the phenomenal. Its been through a dozen cars, trucks, tractors and boats and keeps on going! The other got a hero's burial just a couple years ago. My dad bought a couple of the Optima "red top" batteries in the mid-1980's - late 1985, early 1986. Optima produces, by far, hands down, the BEST battery I've ever used.
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