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Subject:Re: optima batteries that fit under the driver's seat
From:Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Date:Thu, 27 Dec 2012 22:39:30 -0800

I get the 48 ..
I believe that's a diesel vanagon battery with 600 CCA's ..

lol - -  walmart..I bought a battery from them once.
When I came back the next day with my core they were totally confused.
there's a giant new WM where I am.
I may never go on their lot the rest of my entire life.

the 48's I'mgettingare about $ 79 with no sales tax,
and outright replacement for a year.  I keep about 9 personal cars running..
they'll all take that battery except one mercedes coupe.

On 12/27/2012 12:25 PM, Dennis Haynes wrote:
> I still think the best bang for the buck is a standard group 41 battery
> under the driver's seat. With a good warranty, (Wal-Mart), just replace when
> they fail or even get weak. If you really need more capacity you will have
> to give up space someplace else anyway.
>
> Dennis
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
> Tim Whynot
> Sent: Wednesday, December 26, 2012 10:31 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: optima batteries that fit under the driver's seat
>
> For as much as a yellow top costs and @ 48a/h, maybe a better solution is
> the Werker 44a/h that does fit in the drivers battery box without
> modification. I have one under the seat and two under the sink, I could not
> be happier with their performance.
>