New battery- A-Zone or W-M?
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New battery at last!
First looked at AutoZone- the DuraLast Red($56, 540 CCA at 0*F) looked good, & the DuraLast Gold($70, 610 CCA at 0*F) looked *great*. I really liked the 3-yr free replacement on the Gold, & not needing a receipt for warranty. But figured I should look at WM before buying.
Looked at WalMart- no yellow MAXX in group 58, the 72-mo/2-yr free battery was only $40, 450 CCA at 0*F, distributed by Johnson Controls. BUT: the WM batt has handle projections on the sides that may not fit in my battery tray/box. If it would fit, it would block the airflow so carefully designed in by the Chrysler engineers. The battery box has its own fresh air pipe, a temperature sensor, & space for airflow. And those engineers worked hard on that, right? I shouldn't install a battery that would negate all their hard work, right?
(You see where I'm going with this- that yellow top DL Gold looked so *cool*!
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So, because of this, even though it was $30 more(one full tank in the Neon these days), I bought *drumroll*: the AutoZone DuraLast Gold!
My first *premium* car battery ever- call it a birthday present to myself & the Neon. Now just gotta get one more hose, & maybe a few substitute sheet metal screws, & put it all back together.
Of course, now I'm kinda tempted to remove the hood & drive the car like that, so everyone can see my new battery.
Thanks for all the advice & input. Ain't BITOG a great forum?
First looked at AutoZone- the DuraLast Red($56, 540 CCA at 0*F) looked good, & the DuraLast Gold($70, 610 CCA at 0*F) looked *great*. I really liked the 3-yr free replacement on the Gold, & not needing a receipt for warranty. But figured I should look at WM before buying.
Looked at WalMart- no yellow MAXX in group 58, the 72-mo/2-yr free battery was only $40, 450 CCA at 0*F, distributed by Johnson Controls. BUT: the WM batt has handle projections on the sides that may not fit in my battery tray/box. If it would fit, it would block the airflow so carefully designed in by the Chrysler engineers. The battery box has its own fresh air pipe, a temperature sensor, & space for airflow. And those engineers worked hard on that, right? I shouldn't install a battery that would negate all their hard work, right?
So, because of this, even though it was $30 more(one full tank in the Neon these days), I bought *drumroll*: the AutoZone DuraLast Gold!
My first *premium* car battery ever- call it a birthday present to myself & the Neon. Now just gotta get one more hose, & maybe a few substitute sheet metal screws, & put it all back together.
Of course, now I'm kinda tempted to remove the hood & drive the car like that, so everyone can see my new battery.
Thanks for all the advice & input. Ain't BITOG a great forum?
You need a clear hood, blow molded from Lexan.
Buy interstate and you wont have to worry about a bringback policy....
Cheap tires and cheap batteries are the banes of auto existence. Buy good ones the first time and you can just forget about them.
I have two interstate batteries nearly 5 years old and recently killed both of them leaving lights on and they recharged and operate fine.
cant do that with a walmart or az battery.
dan
Cheap tires and cheap batteries are the banes of auto existence. Buy good ones the first time and you can just forget about them.
I have two interstate batteries nearly 5 years old and recently killed both of them leaving lights on and they recharged and operate fine.
cant do that with a walmart or az battery.
dan
Yes you can. I have been trying to kill my Maxx for a couple weeks now to be able to get new one before the free replacement is up and it wont die for good it seems.
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