Another battery question?
Drifting
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Do not believe Interstate has a AGM (glass mat) product for autos. Those readily available are Optima and Exide's Orbital. I've seen a third brand out there but cannot remember the manufacturer.
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Originally Posted by PaPaChoc
Does Interstate Battery (sp) make a battery that is comparable to and as good as the Red Top? If so I can get one at a GOOD price!
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Originally Posted by EatRice
According to the Interstate dealer here...Interstate owns the Optima battery line.
If you go out to the Optima web site - you'll see that Optima is owned by Johnson Controls.......
www.optimabatteries.com
"OPTIMA® Batteries, is a Colorado based company that is proud to be manufacturing a revolutionary product that is rapidly becoming the world wide standard for electrochemical power sources.
The OPTIMA battery was first developed by engineers at Denver's Gates Rubber Company in the early 1970's. Research and development continued during the 70's and 80's. In 1992, the OPTIMA research and manufacturing operation was acquired by the Gylling Group of Scandinavia. The Gylling Group built a new manufacturing plant and corporate headquarters near Denver International Airport.
On November 1, 2000, Johnson Controls, Inc. purchased OPTIMA Batteries, Inc. from the Gylling Group of Scandinavia.
Today, Colorado-made OPTIMA batteries are sold and shipped from Denver to dealers and distributors in 60 countries throughout the world, including Africa, Asia, Europe, Middle East and South America.
OPTIMA® BATTERIES AND OPTIMA SPIRALCELL® TECHNOLOGY are registered trademarks owned by Johnson Controls, Inc."
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Originally Posted by EatRice
According to the Interstate dealer here...Interstate owns the Optima battery line.
The company that does all out electrical work on rolling stock (vehicles) and sells us batteries was in today and I asked him about getting a battery for my car. He didn’t know if they had the Red top but if they did he could get me one. I did a search and found out his distributor handles them. So I guess I’ll have one installed real soon!
Thanks for the info!
Here is the site I found.
http://www.ibsa.com/www_2001/content...ct_optmain.asp
