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Batteries...

I'll chip in again to say that I think Optimas are probably well worth their price.  I've been amazed a few times how well it holds its charge over a long time, etc.  We recently did some testing at work where we had to roll an ATV over about 7 times.  I rented my Optima battery to work for the project and it had absolutely no problem with the torture.  I took it out of a car I haven't driven in about two months and it still had all the power we needed to get the winch motor we were powering (to use as a steering motor) spinning for quite a while.  I put it on the charger the night before the final test, and the charger said it was still fully charged.  This is a 4 year old battery!



Brian









 --- On Fri 07/14, C Boyko < roccit_53@scirocco.cs.uoguelph.ca > wrote:

From: C Boyko [mailto: roccit_53@scirocco.cs.uoguelph.ca]

To: haygood@myway.com

     Cc: smithma7@gmail.com, scirocco-l@scirocco.org

Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2006 04:46:46 -0400

Subject: RE: Batteries...



On 1:27 am 07/14/06 "Brian Haygood" <haygood@myway.com> wrote:<br>><br>> Is your positive terminal on the passenger side of your battery and<br>> toward the rear of the car?  This is the type of battery your VW wants,<br>> and is not the standard format for a battery.  If you have an Optima or<br>> something, the regular battery cables basically won't fit.<br>><br>><br>><br>> BH<br><br><br>You CAN order Optimas with the right configuration for any vehicle, I<br>discovered this after suffering with a weak excuse for a battery in my bug<br>for years. The new one is not only small enough to fit the small spot<br>allotted for it, but has the terminals on the correct (wrong) sides (And<br>has OOODLES of juice to crank over the TDI!!). FWIW, a New Beetle battery<br>fits a Rocco real nicely for shape too, it MAY just be the Red Top to order<br>if you go that route. I'll be there real soon, I'm guessing, the 16V's<br>getting pukey to start again, and grounds all look 
good.<br>Cathy<br><br>

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