<html><head><style id="outgoing-font-settings">#response_container_BBPPID{font-family: initial; font-size:initial; color: initial;}</style></head><body style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); background-image: initial; line-height: initial;"><div id="response_container_BBPPID" style="outline:none;" dir="auto" contenteditable="false"> <div name="BB10" id="BB10_response_div_BBPPID" dir="auto" style="width:100%;"> Alvin, </div><div name="BB10" id="BB10_response_div_BBPPID" dir="auto" style="width:100%;"><br></div><div name="BB10" id="BB10_response_div_BBPPID" dir="auto" style="width:100%;">I thought you had relocated the battery many years ago to under the package tray, similar to a 3-seater 1500. </div><div name="BB10" id="BB10_response_div_BBPPID" dir="auto" style="width:100%;"><br></div><div name="BB10" id="BB10_response_div_BBPPID" dir="auto" style="width:100%;">I still have my red top Optima from 2005 although it hasn't been used in a vehicle since 2009. Takes a charge, but no idea how it'll work. </div><div name="BB10" id="BB10_response_div_BBPPID" dir="auto" style="width:100%;"><br></div><div name="BB10" id="BB10_response_div_BBPPID" dir="auto" style="width:100%;">Which Braille you going with? </div><div name="BB10" id="BB10_response_div_BBPPID" dir="auto" style="width:100%;"><br></div><div name="BB10" id="BB10_response_div_BBPPID" dir="auto" style="width:100%;">Pete </div> <div name="BB10" id="response_div_spacer_BBPPID" dir="auto" style="width:100%;"> <br style="display:initial"></div> <div id="blackberry_signature_BBPPID" name="BB10" dir="auto"> <div id="_signaturePlaceholder_BBPPID" name="BB10" dir="auto">Sent via <a href="http://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.blackberry.hub">BlackBerry Hub+ Inbox for Android</a></div> </div></div><div id="_original_msg_header_BBPPID" dir="auto"> <table width="100%" style="border-spacing: 0px; display: table; outline: none;" contenteditable="false"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" style="padding: initial; font-size: initial; text-align: initial;"> <div style="border-right: none; border-bottom: none; border-left: none; border-image: initial; border-top: 1pt solid rgb(181, 196, 223); padding: 3pt 0in 0in; font-family: Tahoma, "BB Alpha Sans", "Slate Pro"; font-size: 10pt;"> <div id="from"><b>From:</b> datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net</div><div id="sent"><b>Sent:</b> January 16, 2020 1:07 PM</div><div id="to"><b>To:</b> datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net</div><div id="reply_to"><b>Reply-to:</b> alvingogi@gmail.com</div><div id="subject"><b>Subject:</b> [Roadsters] My Optima battery finally died</div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <br> </div><!--start of _originalContent --><div name="BB10" dir="auto" style="background-image: initial; line-height: initial; outline: none;" contenteditable="false"><div dir="ltr">After 17 years, the Optima battery in my roadster finally died.<br><a href="http://www.zcarblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/IMG_0789-e1579205309617.jpg">http://www.zcarblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/IMG_0789-e1579205309617.jpg</a><br><br>It happened to me at the best possible place and time: Leaving DWA Cars & Coffee :(<br>Turned the ignition and the gauges worked but no crank. Thankfully I was carrying (2!) jump packs and I was able to jump start.<br><br>Last weekend I visited the shop to get a new battery.<br><a href="http://www.zcarblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/IMG_0790.jpg">http://www.zcarblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/IMG_0790.jpg</a><br><br>Just a simple 51R, same size ( a bit lighter than the Optima). Braille battery coming once we re-locate.<br><a href="http://www.zcarblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/IMG_0822-e1579205578788.jpg">http://www.zcarblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/IMG_0822-e1579205578788.jpg</a><br></div>
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