Nov 13, 2012 · when the electrons move across the top of the battery, they attach themselves to the penny and the corrosion happens to the penny, not the terminals. A penny is much cheaper than purchasing an odyssey or optima battery. Last i checked an optima yellow was around $240.

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I paid $75 for a 6 year, 36 month free replacement battery at costco. Nov 25, 2012 · autozone has duralast and trw for 39 and 47 dollars, respectively. Only considering them because of alleged ease of warranty process. Advance auto parts is a hard no any given day.

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Their warranty process is basically a piece of paper that exists to suck people in. Will not consider their parts. Napa might be considered too. Jun 28, 2010 · last weekend the battery on my 2003 330i (two years since delivery) started slow cranking, so i decided to replace the battery. Mar 3, 2006 · the battery in my 01 frontier died today.

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I don't drive it much and don't plan on spending the big bucks on an optima. I've had good experiences with the nascar brand from kragen which recently changed to autolite i think. Then there is the autozone duralast battery, and sear has its own, and. Apr 8, 2011 · what is a good battery to get? I was thinking of duralast from autozone but some people mention that optima is a better product. The duralast has 640 cold cranking amps and 100 reserve minutes with a 3 year warranty.

The optima is 720 cold cranking amps with 90 reserve minutes accompanied by a. Dec 30, 1999 · another vote for costco, they are jc batteries and go for about $75, but you get $9 back when you turn in your old battery. All my cars have costco batteries currently and they all perform great. If you want a real high end battery look.