Good car battery to buy?

Mike, we're all well aware by now of the magical qualities of your
vehicles. How they run best on the ****tiest parts, how they magically
accommodate hamfisted modifications that would make any other vehicle run
poorly or not at all (even one of exactly the same specs, but owned by
someone other than yourself), and so forth.

-DS

On Mon, 20 Dec 2004, Mike Romain wrote:

> I use my vehicles hard up here in Canada and believe in the widest chain
> store that has the best warranty, period!
>
> I buy the best quality one they offer for my application, usually at
> least a 5 year warranty and away I go happy. Even more happy one year
> later upgrading to a free brand new one on the other side of the country
> when it breaks from whatever.
>
> I bought a specialty battery for my newly rebuilt Jeep CJ7, an Optima
> and the sucker died from vibration in less than 3 years. It only had an
> 18 month warranty and cost 3 times the chain store price.
>
> Mike
> 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
> 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
>
> wrote:
> >
> > Anyone have advice on a decent "brand" car battery to
> > buy?
> >
> > Anything from Walmart worth buying since they are
> > EVERYWHERE in the US?
>

On Mon, 20 Dec 2004 20:26:24 -0500, Daniel J. Stern > wrote:
>Mike, we're all well aware by now of the magical qualities of your
>vehicles. How they run best on the ****tiest parts, how they magically

Speaking of magic, putting the word "SEARS" on the same battery walmart sells
doesn't make it a better battery.

wrote:
> Anyone have advice on a decent "brand" car battery to
> buy?

The Nov. 2004 issue of Consumer Reports does. There didn't seem to be
much relationship between brand and rankings, but Sears Diehards and
Advance Auto's Autostarts usually ranked high, and physically bigger
batteries met their advertised rating better than smaller ones did.

> Anything from Walmart worth buying since they are
> EVERYWHERE in the US?

I used to buy nothing but their $30 60mo/12mo warranted batteries and
replaced them every three years, but they've since cut down on their
selection of these, so you'll probably have to pay $40 or $60. CR
ranked their batteries in the lower half of each group, and they tested
mostly the $60 yellow ones.

On Mon, 20 Dec 2004, larry moe 'n curly wrote:

> > Anyone have advice on a decent "brand" car battery to buy?

> The Nov. 2004 issue of Consumer Reports does.

And I'm sure it's every bit as valid and reliable as all the rest of
Condemner Retards' crapola.

On Mon, 20 Dec 2004, TCS wrote:

> >Mike, we're all well aware by now of the magical qualities of your
> >vehicles. How they run best on the ****tiest parts, how they magically

> Speaking of magic, putting the word "SEARS" on the same battery walmart
> sells doesn't make it a better battery.

I'm sure you're right.

I don't buy batteries from Wal-Mart *or* Sears.

frank-in-toronto wrote:
>
> On Mon, 20 Dec 2004 19:17:44 -0500, Mike Romain >
> wrote:
>
> >I use my vehicles hard up here in Canada and believe in the widest chain
> >store that has the best warranty, period!
> >
> >I buy the best quality one they offer for my application, usually at
> >least a 5 year warranty and away I go happy. Even more happy one year
> >later upgrading to a free brand new one on the other side of the country
> >when it breaks from whatever.
>
> do you mean cdn tire? i buy mine there for the same reason.
> but i choose differently. i buy the biggest that will fit
> in the tray. most cca. sometimes i really have to tell
> the guy-behind-the-counter to just give me what i want.
> ...thehick

LOL!

Yup on both counts. My 'application' is the space available.

Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's

?????

I don't consider an expensive Optima battery with a crappy warranty
crapping out anything 'magical'.....

I guess Canadian Tire Batteries can be 'magic'???

If I buy one on the east coast, I can 'magically' get it replaced when
it dies on the west coast?

I am missing something here....

Are you trying to say chain stores batteries are no good or something?

They sure beat the expensive no/low warranty ones like Optima all to
****!

Mike

"Daniel J. Stern" wrote:
>
> Mike, we're all well aware by now of the magical qualities of your
> vehicles. How they run best on the ****tiest parts, how they magically
> accommodate hamfisted modifications that would make any other vehicle run
> poorly or not at all (even one of exactly the same specs, but owned by
> someone other than yourself), and so forth.
>
> -DS
>
> On Mon, 20 Dec 2004, Mike Romain wrote:
>
> > I use my vehicles hard up here in Canada and believe in the widest chain
> > store that has the best warranty, period!
> >
> > I buy the best quality one they offer for my application, usually at
> > least a 5 year warranty and away I go happy. Even more happy one year
> > later upgrading to a free brand new one on the other side of the country
> > when it breaks from whatever.
> >
> > I bought a specialty battery for my newly rebuilt Jeep CJ7, an Optima
> > and the sucker died from vibration in less than 3 years. It only had an
> > 18 month warranty and cost 3 times the chain store price.
> >
> > Mike
> > 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
> > 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
> >
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > Anyone have advice on a decent "brand" car battery to
> > > buy?
> > >
> > > Anything from Walmart worth buying since they are
> > > EVERYWHERE in the US?
> >

I like the Johnson Controls batteries. Whatever brand you end up
getting, just make sure that it is one that you can add water to. The
other "maintanence free" ones are exactly the same, except that you
can't add water if you ever need to.

Daniel J. Stern wrote:
> On Mon, 20 Dec 2004, larry moe 'n curly wrote:
>
> > > Anyone have advice on a decent "brand" car battery to buy?
>
> > The Nov. 2004 issue of Consumer Reports does.
>
> And I'm sure it's every bit as valid and reliable as
> all the rest of Condemner Retards' crapola.

What's wrong with their battery review? They measured CCAs, reserve
capacity, and did an industry standard test for underhood operation.
In fact they sort of agreed with you.

On Thu, 23 Dec 2004, larry moe 'n curly wrote:

> > And I'm sure it's every bit as valid and reliable as all the rest of
> > Condemner Retards' crapola.

> What's wrong with their battery review? They measured CCAs, reserve
> capacity, and did an industry standard test for underhood operation. In
> fact they sort of agreed with you.

I wouldn't trust Condemner Retards if they said it was bright and sunny
out at high noon on June 15th in Tucson, AZ.