[s-cars] Battery not liking the cold weather

[Dave Kase]

F-me.  I mights needs to find me a new battery brand! 

Ur Kase

John Cody Forbes wrote:
> 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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