replacement battery, anyone?

[Eliot Lim <eliot@u.washington.edu>]

the 5 and a half year old battery in the v8 is finally on its last legs.  
dealer tells me that it is the same one used in diesel audis... and
they want $250 for a new one.  i thought that was really funny.

anyway, they told me that i could probably get by with a 80 Ah sears
diehard or something like that.  the most important requirement is that
it's got to have a vent hose since the battery in the v8 sits under
the rear seat and battery acid has been known to burn up seat heaters
and such down there...

so anyway, anyone knows which aftermarket batteries come with vent hoses?

TIA

eliot