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Re: Battery Return Trick



OF COURSE, The old battery acid is SAFELY disposed of, right? ;^}

Dave

> > Subject: Re: new bat: recomend?
> >
> > In message dated 8/19/00 2:04:59 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
kpa@wizvax.net
> > writes:
> >
> > >ok I need to invest in a new battery for my 87, what do folks
recommend?
> >
> > I recommend a Walmart battery and I am totally serious. They are $34
> > dollars. They come with a 2 year free replacement warranty. And after a
> > year and six months you bring it back with the receipt and you get a
> > new one, for FREE because they don't have any way to test them when you
> > return them at the front counter. So you will never get stuck with a
> > dead battery because you change it every year and a half. I have had
> > many batteries and found out whether you pay $120 or $34 dollars, a
> > battery is a battery and they don't last more than 3 years.
> >
> > Brian 86 16v
> > http://hometown.aol.com/captnbr/myhomepage/auto.html
>
> On the same note, should you ever have any problems with returning a
battery to
> a place that tests them keep in mind the following.
>
> The load testing machines that the stores have are pretty cute for testing
> batteries, but they almost always pass a flaky battery which you want to
return.
> Way back in the day when I used to have problems with my diesel jetta
cooking
> it's batteries, I once had to return a battery that was bad but the store
> insisted it was still within passing range.
>
> All I did was go home, wait a few hours until the moron on duty's shift
was over
> and take back the battery. BUT in the meantime while waiting I drained out
all
> of the battery acid and refilled it with water. I took it back that night,
the
> battery failed miserably and I got want I wanted: a brand new battery. It
seems
> that a battery needs battery acid to produce much of a charge! :-)
>
> With this past experience in mind, I never return batteries that have even
the
> slightest chance of passing. I always drain out the battery acid first so
I
> don't have to make two trips.
>
> -Marc
>
>


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