Re: Optima battery in an S6?

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In a message dated 4/1/99 Jim hahn (Sonar465@aol.com) writes:

<< Becarefull with those battery terminals.  Last fall on the way to my Yacht 
Club I noticed that this newer 4Kq that is always parked in a driveway I pass 
was totally burned out.  The guy who owned the car is enthusiast and also has 
a E30 M3.  Well, a couple of weeks later I saw him doing some yard work and I 
stopped and asked  if he knew what happened to his 4K.  He said that he had a
box of paper in the back seat.  He though that the weight of the box had 
shorted out the battery and caused the fire. >>

Good advice for us with under seat battery cars for sure.

The part that makes me go "hmm" is that all three 4kq's I have owned (2 85's 
and 1 '87) all had their batteries under the hood. Could it be he had it 
relocated under the back seat and it was not properly done? 

In the 5ktq there seems to be plenty of room, but I still tape down the 
insulating caps to be prudent.

Mike Veglia
87 5kcstq