[urq] New Battery

[djdawson2 at aol.com]

 Weird.  I've got 4 of them running around right now, all of them for over a year... one of them for 4.  All have been fine.  I also put one in an A4 that I bought from Brandon Rogers about 5 years ago, and it's still going too.

I guess YMMV.

 


 

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Schaible, David <David.Schaible at jrspharma.com>
To: 'urq at audifans.com' <urq at audifans.com>
Sent: Thu, Apr 21, 2011 11:09 am
Subject: Re: [urq] New Battery


I've had many interstate batteries fail early, esp deep cycle and their pro 

rated warranty is bogus. I used 2 swear by them....







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From: djdawson2 at aol.com [mailto:djdawson2 at aol.com]

Sent: Thursday, April 21, 2011 01:06 PM

To: bhowell at rmi.net <bhowell at rmi.net>; brogers at terrix.com <brogers at terrix.com>; 

urq at audifans.com <urq at audifans.com>

Subject: Re: [urq] New Battery





 Yeah, Walmart's batteries used to be exclusively produced by GNB, which was a 

top notch supplier.  I've had one of those in my commercial van for probably 8 

years and it still performs flawlessly.  However, a few years ago that 

relationship ended, and Walmart batteries are now junk.



I'm +1 on the thoughts on the Interstate batteries.  I've now got them in 

everything else that I own, and they perform well and last long.  For a cost of 

right around $100, I think they are the best bang for the buck.



Dave



 





 



 



-----Original Message-----

From: Ben Howell <bhowell at rmi.net>

To: Brandon Rogers <brogers at terrix.com>; urq <urq at audifans.com>

Sent: Thu, Apr 21, 2011 10:56 am

Subject: Re: [urq] New Battery





Yes,  Johnson Controls owns Interstate and Yes, they private label batteries for 





Autozone. The problem is, you don’t know exactly what batteries that are sitting 





on Autozone’s shelf are made by Interstate. Someone like Autozone (or Costco, 



Sam’s Club, Walmart, etc etc etc) is going out to battery manufactures (and 



there are very few left in the world) with specs for a battery and they usually 



purchase from the low bidder. So, when you walk into Autozone and you see the 



large rack of batteries, you have no idea which one Interstate made because they 





may (or may not) have been low bidder on the particular battery you need.







To further complicate things, Interstate (Johnson Controls) may have been able 



to be low bidder by doing things like reducing the warranty period they will 



support. There are all kinds of other cost cutting measures that they can take 



to become low bidder.  Personally, I have had fantastic success with Interstate 



and Die Hard (the “Gold” line). I bought my last interstate for $99 at the local 





Firestone. At the same time, something at Autozone or Walmart was $60. If we 



assume a battery life of around 5 years, that means I paid an additional  



$0.66/month for the piece of mind that I got a superior battery and baring 



anything stupid that _I_ did, the car _IS_ going to start. Cheap insurance IMHO.







If you want the best of the best, you should buy an Odyssey. Made in America and 





the quality is absolutely top notch. Quite simply the best battery you can buy 



right now. Expect a ~$300 price tag though. I seriously doubt that it’s 3x 



better than an interstate, but if you want the best.....







Ben







-----Original Message-----



>From: Brandon Rogers <brogers at terrix.com>



>Sent: Apr 21, 2011 9:31 AM



>To: urq at audifans.com



>Subject: [urq] New Battery



>



>Guys-



>What do you recommend for a new battery?  Last time I battery shopped (for



>my '01 S4) I learned that the Interstate Battery  I bought was made by



>Johnson Controls and I could have gotten (I think) the same battery



>different label for less at Autozone.  



> 



>So - any recomendations for the urq?



> 



>TIA-



> 



>Brandon 



>'84 urq 20Vt



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