> In a message dated 8/28/2005 10:06:04 AM Central Standard Time,
> tswrace@pacbell.net writes:
> > I have had two Opitmas go dead on me in the last year. The first
> > one was new and went dead after my car sat for a month just before
> > Triumphest last year. I replaced it under warrantee with another
> > and it went dead this last month while I was in Amsterdam. I
> > don't believe I have any current leakage when the car is shut off,
> > plus I use an ignition cutt off.
> >
> Here's another anectdote:
> I bought my Optima in 2000 for my TR8. I wanted a sealed battery since it
is
> located in the trunk. After 5 years, 40,000+ miles and being fully
> discharged at least twice, it si still function just fine.
>
> YMMV
>
> Dave
Yet another:
I have three Optimas - one in each of the two TRs and one in wife's Saab.
Oldest is in the Saab and it is approaching ten years in service. Any
inactivity more than a few weeks and the negative cable is disconnected.
Primary reason for their use is the no danger of acid spills.
Lou Metelko
Auburn, Indiana
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