Optima battery ???'s

[dickeymoore]

It may work in one of my cars that I drive more frequently but not in one that sits a lot

 

[pontiacgp]

it's been 2 years ago when I first bought the battery and after I got it started in the car the car mostly sit so I guess return polocy time had expired anyway

you had to charge it when you first got it so it should have been sent back then for a refund.

 

[dickeymoore]

Yep

 

[dickeymoore]

I guess it was a bad battery to start with

 

[pontiacgp]

I don't buy stuff like that online, I pay the extra for the convenience of dealing directly with the store in case of a problem. The red tops are a hit and miss and if they don't work out of the box they are junk.

 

[dickeymoore]

Yo I can agree with that they are junk now

 

[dickeymoore]

Going with Interstate battery

 

[565bbchevy]

The Optima in my Monte is a staggered cell yellow top that I bought from Summit probably 16 or more years ago and I have a Schumacher battery maintainer hardwired in the trunk that is plugged in when I am not driving it. I have the same maintainer for all 3 of my cars with Optima's.
My daily driver is the only one that doesn't get plugged in, well because I drive it "daily"

 

[dickeymoore]

Yo 16 years ago Optima batteries were great but nowadays they are not the same

 

[pontiacgp]

Yo 16 years ago Optima batteries were great but nowadays they are not the same

my red top is 3 years old and working great. I remove it from my car in the winter and top it in the spring with my CTEK charger.