Yeah, I know it's more about the lack of corrosion and fumes issues for me! The long life is a plus. I killed this one a time or two and always just charged it half A$$ed and ran the car. I figure now that is what led to it not really being charged! I'm on the third battery in our 98 Altima! First one went a year and a half. second one about 5 The one in it now is actually about 6 years old! I needed a battery for the Altima two winters ago and found our pontoon boat battery would fit [just barely]. When the weather got warm last summer I figured that pontoon boat battery was 4 years old and boats can be hard on them so I bought a new one for the pontoon boat and let the boat battery in the Altima. I figured I'd have to change it out last winter, but it is still working well. -- Mark Price Morgantown, WV 1969 AMC Rambler, 4.0L, EFI, T-5 2004 Grand Cherokee Laredo, 4.7L, Quadratrc II " Chronic Pain Hurts" -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: Russell Neyhart <rtneyhart@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Hi Mark, > > I seem to have trouble posting to the list, but here is my $0.02 on > batteries. I think that you can have good or bad ones no matter what > the make. When I bought my 1990 Mazda Protege SE used in 1993, it had > an AC Delco battery in it. I left the lights on two or three times > causing it to need a jump and charge. I had that thing in the Mazda > until I sold it in 2001! I had it 7-1/2 years. Not bad for a "Chebby" > battery IMHO! I'm all for getting 10 out of an Optima however! > > Regards, > > Russell _______________________________________________ Amc-list mailing list Amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx http://splatter.wps.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/amc-list