Nope...we were probably talking about my Caravan battery at the time. I
replaced it with an Optima as well. These Optimas will go 4+ years easily.
If I had your old battery I'd have taken it to Vegas with me. It would have
earned me millions!!
Ron
00 PB SLT QC 4X2 5.9 46RE 3.92 LSD
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From: owner-dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net
[mailto:owner-dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net]On Behalf Of Woodruff, Jason
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Sent: Monday, April 01, 2002 1:43 PM
To: DML (E-mail)
Subject: DML: Re: Factory Batteries SUCK!
Ron, I thought you got rid of that battery long ago?
Anyways, story time.
My old '91 Nissan Hardbody had 80K miles and the factory battery in it when
I bought it in 1994. Shortly after that it wouldn't start, checked it out
and the battery was completely dry, no water. My dad said it's probably
ruined. So I fill it with tap water (it's "ruined" any ways), it starts up
fine. So I drive it a while, I forget about the battery problem. About a
year later, it won't start again. Lessons learned, so first thing I check
is the battery water, it's all gone again. I figure, worked before, it'll
work again, so I filled it with tap water again and drove off into the
sunset (college). I topped off my battery every few months because it
either leaked or evaporated the water. I drained the juice completely a
couple of times with leaving the headlights on, ignition on, etc. In late
'99 it finally gave up the ghost and I had to buy a new one. 8 years, 140K
miles and extreme abuse not to bad.
Jay W
4.7L Auto Sport+ C.C. 2wd Black
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