[TR] Optima - worth it for occasional use vehicle?

[Acekraut11]

 Darrell,

A cheap solution is to remove the battery from your daily driver and stick it
in your Triumph for the day then switch back.  Pretty cheap solution if you
only drive the car that infrequently.

Aaron








-----Original Message-----
From: thenicholls at verizon.net
To: darrellw at ipns.com
Cc: triumphs at autox.team.net
Sent: Tue, Aug 24, 2010 9:24 pm
Subject: Re: [TR] Optima - worth it for occasional use vehicle?


Darrell,



I made the switch over to the Optima on my 1972 Triumph TR6.  I ended up with

the proper size battery, make sure you shop around, and only paid $118.96 from

Street Side Automotive 002 Group 34 red top battery in 8/2008 delivered.



I am sure we can get into a big discussion about good verses bad brands.  But

for me, $119 for an Optima, $45 for some battery from Walmart, it was a no

brainer.



Battery is connected all summer, I have a cutoff switch in the winter, and
have

never had an issue.



Had a friend of my wife's son in the car, turned on the driving lights for 30

hours, battery dead, jumped it, drove for 15 miles, never had a problem after

that.



I am a big fan.



Craig

1972 Triumph TR6



On Aug 24, 2010, Darrell Walker <darrellw at ipns.com> wrote:



Unfortunately, I don't get to drive my TR very often these days. Even though

I have a "battery tender", I only seem to get a two or three years from a

battery, which ends up being about every other time I can take it out!



Anyway, would an Optima perform better for me? Even if it didn't last the 3-4

times longer that it would need to pay off (vs. buying a cheap battery every

two years or so), if I could expect it to last twice as long, I might be

interested for the convenience of not having to get a new battery every time
I

drive!



--

Darrell Walker

66 TR4A IRS CTC67956L

Vancouver, WA, USA



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