[V8] Battery question

[Dave Saad]

I don't know about Odyssey, but I only buy Interstate. I have great  
luck with them in cars as well as deep cycle for the trailer.  Added  
bonus is they are NOT made in china. Mine come from Oregon I think,  
but there are probably other manufacturing sites - all in the US.   
When my last deep cycle finally bit it after 6 years (a long time for  
this type of use), the Interstate dealer was surprised at just how  
shorted it was internally, and made me a nice deal on a new and bigger  
battery. Maybe all just BS, but I left happy.

Dave

On Jul 20, 2010, at 6:28 AM, Bryan Kamerer wrote:

> Odyssey is one brand I would never buy again.
>
> Bought two, same day, for two vehicles.  One battery dies a year  
> later.
> Odyssey declined to honor the warranty because I had bought it in  
> another
> state from where I now resided.
>
> Yeah.  There was much weaseling on that phone call - just nonsense.   
> They
> may indeed make a good product and I just had a rare lemon, but the
> out-and-out refusal to honor a simple warranty well within the  
> period, to
> the original purchaser, and documented with my original sales  
> receipt in
> hand, was inexcusable.
>
> For me, my last interstate went nine years, was cheaper than an  
> Odyssey, and
> has a 7-year pro-rated warranty and three-year 100% replacement, and
> Firestone will honor the warranty.
>
> Bryan
>
>
>
> On Tue, Jul 20, 2010 at 2:12 AM, too many quattros <thequattroking at yahoo.com
>> wrote:
>
>> http://www.odysseybattery.com/
>>
>> http://www.odysseybatteries.com/
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Shayne
>>
>> PARTING:
>> 1972 mercedes benz 280 se 4.5
>> 1986 audi 4000 cs quattro
>> 1990 audi coupe quattro
>> 1995 audi S6
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>> From: Bryan Kamerer <kamerer at gmail.com>
>>> Date: Mon, 19 Jul 2010 15:53:01 -0700
>>> To: V8 Audi Fans <v8 at audifans.com>
>>> Subject: [V8] Battery question
>>>
>>> Yet more advice I could use.  This seems like a no-brainer to me but
>> maybe
>>> I'm missing something.
>>>
>>> Last time I needed a battery on this car (2000 or 2001), the local  
>>> vendor
>>> recommended the Interstate MTP-93, 850CCA.  Slightly larger than the
>> spec'd
>>> battery, a Group 91 which delivered 700cca, but the larger one  
>>> could fit
>> in
>>> the well.  I was living at the time in northern VT and having the  
>>> extra
>>> juice made sense.
>>>
>>> Any reason NOT to use the larger capacity battery?  I see they are  
>>> both
>> on
>>> sale at Firestone this month for the same price, so that's not an  
>>> issue.
>>> Only thing I can think of is the larger one does not allow you to  
>>> clamp
>> it
>>> down, so it might vibrate and be damaged more easily.
>>>
>>> Bryan
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