Do I want an Optima?

[David Ullrich]

I would agree witht the others about Optimas being safe for in compartment
use as long as not over charged. But I would also concur with those who have
said they havent had much luck with them. I know several of my FLAPS and my
local Battery Plus store have stopped carrying them due to frequent failures
well within the the free replacement persiod. I personally have had very
good luck with them, but Ive only had 2 and both were red-tops bought back
in the mid 1990s and BOTH are still going strong over 10 years later. So,
newer ones may be of different quality. YMMV

Dave
1987 CGT 2.3
SE VA


On 9/17/06, John Cody Forbes <cody at 5000tq.com> wrote:
>
>
> >
> > At 03:51 PM 9/17/2006 -0400, Dave Kase wrote:
> >> I was getting ready to buy an Optima Red Top for my e//S2 and was
> >> told I might not be doing the right thing.
> >>
>
> I don't have anything to contribute to if you should or shoukdn't get an
> Optima, but I do have a usefull tidbit if you do get one. You do NOT want
> a
> red top. You need an orange top. The orange is same as red, except the
> posts
> are reversed so the stock cables will reach. On a red top the + post is
> where the Audi ground wire would reach, so you would have to lengthen the
> cables to fit the battery.
>
> -Cody Forbes
> http://www.5000tq.com
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