> wrote in message
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> On Mon, 29 Dec 2008 09:57:43 -0500, Starscream
> > wrote:
>
>>80 Knight wrote:
>>> "CharlesTheCurmudgeon" > wrote in message
>>> ...
>>>> And I remembered something about the S-10 that I forgot. If you left
>>>> the
>>>> dome light on for 8 hours, your battery was dead, especially in winter.
>>>> I
>>>> had to get it jumped once because of that feature.
>>>
>>> Wow, what an awful feature. Who would've thought that leaving the
>>> interior
>>> lights on for several hours would kill the battery? I think I found the
>>> problem. Chuck, you are a ****ing idiot. Please keep your Toyota. I
>>> feel
>>> better driving a GM knowing you aren't.
>>>
>>>
>>
>>Leaving the dome light on *SHOULD NOT* prevent the car from starting,
>>unless there was a problem with the battery itself. Since batteries
>>aren't manufactured by carmakers, GM is not to blame.
>
>
> Except GM owns AC Delco and also spec's the battery.

Once again Curmudgeon, you're talking out of your ass again. For starters,
Delphi Corporation (not GM) makes AC Delco, as well some of the EverStart
batteries for Wal-Mart (most likely the 75 series for GM autos).
Technically, it's a separate corporation spun off from GM. GM engineers
would specify which battery to use with their vehicles.

And what do you know, Consumer Reports rated the two EverStart and one
Kirkland batteries as Best Buys in the November 2008 test of auto batteries
(Group 75)! Just because you're stupid enough to leave your light on all
night, don't go blaming the battery.

Derek