[s-cars] Battery question

[Mark Strangways]

I used the yellow top, due to my audio system pig-like current draw, and the
fact that these batteries like to site for a week with out doing anything.
Oddly enough my car likes to sit for a week with out doing anything as well.

1)--- I just used the only yellow top that was available is stores near me.
So the heck with the selector :-)
2)---See above I suppose. The red has a bit better cold cranking amp I
think, and the yellow has better reserve capacity (I think)
3)--- I will pull the back seat and check if you need me too.
4)--- YES, the yellow tops posts are reversed. Initially a big deal, until I
spun the battery 180 degrees and took the cables out of the hold downs. Now
they JUST reach with out any grief. The Audi hold down even works.

Mark
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Lee Levitt" <lee at wheelman.com>
To: <s-car-list at audifans.com>
Sent: Monday, April 19, 2004 11:01 AM
Subject: [s-cars] Battery question


> I spent some time on the Optima site and have a couple of questions:
>
> 1 - they don't list an application for Audi. Is this because their battery
> does not have an external breather tube? Do you need one with this
battery?
> (Of course the battery selector doesn't seem to work for *any* car I
> tried...)
>
> 2 - red versus yellow top - which is recommended and why? Any reason not
to
> go with the yellow top?
>
> 3 - Are there different sizes of Optima? What model are people buying?
>
> 4 - Any installation gotchas?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Lee
> '95.5 S6 avant (Bilstein/Eibach/Euros/HID/BIRA S3)
> '96 A6 quattro avant (Euros)
>
>
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