Armando you seem to really dislike Optima, well i
agree with you they ARE expensive, but we Optima users
are not idiots, we buy them partially becouse they can
fit under the westy's driver seat(battery mounted on
its side) Its nice to save space and to still be able
to rotate the westy's seat withyout banging into the
batterys top-posts.....try THAT with your
walmart $45 special....it wont work, the posts are
just too tall. Its a nice clean out of the way
install....see for yourself:
http://vgonman.com/auxbat.htm

Phil 84' Westy w/ Tiico

--- armando guzman <razeprotrk@HOTMAIL.COM> wrote:
> Come on, Jeff, red top, green top, yellow top: what
> is the difference? the
> plastic case in a battery can be any color you want.
> Inside is the same.
> Optima is an experimental battery that uses gel
> instead of water/acid mix to
> produce voltage. The chemicals used in this battery
> have not been perfected,
> and they use us, the consumers, to tell them what is
> wrong with their
> product. Get a good Sears battery that will have a
> great warranty and you
> will be ok for 5  or 6 years. Armando
>
>
> >From: Jeff Oxroad <Oxroad@AOL.COM>
> >Reply-To: Oxroad@AOL.COM
> >To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> >Subject: Re: Vanagon alternator too weak for
> Optimas.
> >Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2003 02:09:01 EDT
> >
> >In a message dated 7/21/2003 3:07:26 PM EST,
> napszeerf@YAHOO.COM writes:
> >
> ><< Optima  >>
> >
> >I saw red Optima 12V batteries at Costco for $99.
> I'm not too Optima savvy,
> >but I think this is a good price and passing it on
> fof those looking. Is
> >this a
> >good price and is the red Optima better/worse/the
> same as the Yellow?
> >
> >Jeff
> >83.5 Westy
> >LA,CA
>
>
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