[s-cars] Battery not liking the cold weather

[John Cody Forbes]

Likewise. At the shop I used to work for (an Interstate dealer) we nearly 
told Interstate to go "F" themselves. We had something more than a dozen 
month-or-two-old batteries die in customer cars over a 6 month period. That 
includes 3 in the bosses car and two in mine!! Then we had two separate 
incidents of Interstate batteries leaking thier acid while on the storage 
rack, one where I ended up with significant acid burns (I thought somebody 
had spilled water on the ground at first and was wiping with paper towels 
and bare hands). The problems seemed to go away, but I'll never buy another 
Interstate. Recently I went as far as to buy a CarQuest battery over an 
Interstate. Still going after 3 weeks ;-).

-Cody Forbes

Taka Mizutani wrote:
> I've had bad luck with Interstates in the Beetle. I'm on my third or
> fourth one in two years, all replaced under warranty, fortunately.
>
> I've been running Optima Red Tops without any issue- turns over the
> car very very quickly as well. I had a Red Top in my STi, turned over
> almost instantly- the stock battery required a couple cranks to
> start. Same thing with the Vette- turns over almost instantly with a
> Red Top.
>
> I'm probably going to get an Odyssey PC545 for the Miata when the
> battery goes- much more cranking power than the little AGM battery
> that's in there now, more reserve in case I do something stupid like
> leave the parking lights on, which kills the Miata in about 4 hrs. I
> would have gotten an Odyssey PC800 for the Vette, but my battery went
> haywire before I had the chance to order an Odyssey, thus
> necessitating a quick trip to Costco for the Optima.
>
> Taka
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