yep, that was I!

$199 at Costco, yellow Top 34/78, 55AH.

Cheers, bruce

'85 Westy
'02 Snap Beetle
Victoria, BC, Canada, truly a Westy ;-)

On Thursday, May 29, 2003, at 07:45  AM, Doug Alcock wrote:

> The YellowTops are $239 Cdn ---- $174 USD at current rates. But didn't
> one
> of our Canadian Vanagon Brethren post just this week that Costco had
> them
> for $199 --- he was in Victoria BC too I think.
>
> Cheers,
> Doug
>
>
>
>
> Shawn Wright <swright@ZUIKO.SLS.BC.CA>
> Sent by: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> 05/29/2003 10:07 AM
> Please respond to Shawn Wright
>
>
>         To:     vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>         cc:
>         Subject:        Optima batteries on sale @ Cdn Tire
>
>
>
> For those Canadian Listees, Cdn Tire has Optima batteries on sale right
> now. I'm not sure which models are best, but a red top model 73/35 is
> $159 right now, which seems fairly reasonable. 44Ah, 8x7x10".
>
> They are listed on the website @ canadiantire.ca
>
> --
> Shawn Wright
> http://Zuiko.sls.bc.ca/swright
> { This message sent by Pegasus Mail, guaranteed virus-free }
> { Try it at http://www.pmail.com }
>
>
>
Cheers, bruce

'85 Westy
'02 Snap Beetle
Victoria, BC, Canada, truly a Westy ;-)