New Battery Purchase...Recomendations?
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New Battery Purchase...Recomendations?
Looking for help on replacing the battery in my 93. If you saw my previous post... http://forums.corvetteforum.com/show....php?t=1598796
then you know why i'm looking for a new one.
I can't remember the last battery I actually had to purchase for one of my vehicles (i usually don't keep a car more than 3 years). Plus, i don't want to purchase any old battery based on price, i'm looking for a good battery for a reasonable price that other members are using and are pleased with...please respond with any recomendations
then you know why i'm looking for a new one.
I can't remember the last battery I actually had to purchase for one of my vehicles (i usually don't keep a car more than 3 years). Plus, i don't want to purchase any old battery based on price, i'm looking for a good battery for a reasonable price that other members are using and are pleased with...please respond with any recomendations
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Whatever you buy, make sure it doesn't have a top post- even if it has side posts too.
"Oh, sure this Red Top has side posts for your C4. It'll fit just fine!"
It fit. Until the top post cap finally wore out and the "+" post came into direct contact with the computer tray.
Whoops.
"Oh, sure this Red Top has side posts for your C4. It'll fit just fine!"
It fit. Until the top post cap finally wore out and the "+" post came into direct contact with the computer tray.
Whoops.
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I had a Wally-World Special in my 'Vette that lasted seven years. Finally went ****-up this summer after living two years longer than warranted. I replaced it with a Duralast Premium from AutoZone.
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You know what? Those AC/Delco Freedom batteries used to be the shet back in the day, but they're doodie now!
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I have never had an Autozone battery last longer than 1 year
Advance seems to be working well
After reading about 1000 battery threads here Ive seen people slam just about everything including Optima
Personally I would go with the best deal from Advance or Oreilly
Advance seems to be working well
After reading about 1000 battery threads here Ive seen people slam just about everything including Optima
Personally I would go with the best deal from Advance or Oreilly
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My wife's battery is from AutoZone and it's already two years old and no problems. My current C4 battery is from AutoZone (Duralast) too.
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I vote for Interstate. My vette sometimes sits for long periods of time and it always fires right up. The interstate in my Lexus is 6.5 years old and it works great, even after sitting all night in the snow and ice night after night.
I would never use another AC/Delco battery again since the last one in my vette spilled its guts all over the car and garage floor, and it was only 3 years old.
I would never use another AC/Delco battery again since the last one in my vette spilled its guts all over the car and garage floor, and it was only 3 years old.
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I vote for Interstate. My vette sometimes sits for long periods of time and it always fires right up. The interstate in my Lexus is 6.5 years old and it works great, even after sitting all night in the snow and ice night after night.
I would never use another AC/Delco battery again since the last one in my vette spilled its guts all over the car and garage floor, and it was only 3 years old.
I would never use another AC/Delco battery again since the last one in my vette spilled its guts all over the car and garage floor, and it was only 3 years old.
My Mom had a 1980 Buick Electra and that battery lasted every bit of seven years without missing a beat!
They went to pot recently with all the problems at Delphi.
GM, which spun off Delphi in 1999, has been in negotiations with the parts supplier and its major union to allow the supplier to emerge from bankruptcy with lower costs.
GM has made resolving its remaining labor-related issues with Delphi a top priority to avoid a potential strike that would shut down its North American operations.
Delphi filed the biggest bankruptcy in U.S. automotive history in October 2005, aiming to slash wages and benefits and close some operations to reorganize its money-losing domestic unit. International operations were excluded from the filing.
The automaker has said it expected its total exposure to Delphi's bankruptcy to be $6 billion to $7.5 billion.
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I vote for Interstate. My vette sometimes sits for long periods of time and it always fires right up. The interstate in my Lexus is 6.5 years old and it works great, even after sitting all night in the snow and ice night after night.
I would never use another AC/Delco battery again since the last one in my vette spilled its guts all over the car and garage floor, and it was only 3 years old.
I would never use another AC/Delco battery again since the last one in my vette spilled its guts all over the car and garage floor, and it was only 3 years old.
My Delco spilled its guts down the battery cable and into the fuse box. Luckily it didn't reach the starter. Never had a problem with Interstate.
