Sherlock

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My son has a '95 Monte Carlo. 1 year and 11 months ago, we put a new Interstate Battery in it. It gave up last week. (Was told it only had a 2 year warranty on it). Was replaced with a AC Delco.

My son's '98 Ford Escort, had a 2 year old Interstate. It wouldn't hold a charge. Replaced it with a Motorcraft.

My wifes 2010 had the original Motorcraft battery. We bought the truck used, it was a year old. I decided, since I work out of town, that I would just go ahead and replace it. (It had no apparent problems). It was the OEM battery, and was a 650 CCA, I replaced it with a 750 CCA Motorcraft.

The '95 40th Anniversary Edition T-Bird that I just bought, had a Super Start battery from O'Reilly, that was in good shape, but, it's my "toy", so I put a new Motorcraft in it.

I sold the wifes battery outright, and the one out of the T-Bird outright.

THOSE NEW MOTORCRAFT BATTERIES HAD B-E-T-T-E-R BE GOOD !!!

powerranger262

I just put an interstate in mine. $100. If you read up on those red/yellow top batteries, everyone is saying that they don't make them like they used to. And for over $200, i wouldn't buy one just to have it fail.

ogichidaa14

Interstate Mega-Tron II. 880cca for cold Minnesota mornings.

Hamfisted

Sears has the Diehard Platinum (Made by Odyssey...) AGM battery on sale for $209 right now. The Group 65 battery is 930 CCA. You're not gonna beat that with a stick.



-Mike

Texasreb

X2, I have that in my truck

60DRB

"Most aftermarket car batteries sold in the United States are made by three companies that build them for retailers: Johnson Controls, which supplies more than half of the market, Exide, and East Penn. They are sold under various names and built to the specifications of retailers, so performance can vary. Most stores will test, install, and match the right battery to your car’s needs."

From CR. They recommend Diehard Gold and Kirkland (Costco only), out of the brands tested. They didn't test them all...

There are versions for north and south regions within brands, and they perform differently.

http://www.carsdirect.com/car-mainte...r-your-vehicle

http://jgdarden.com/batteryfaq/batbrand.htm


I'm shopping too, as the original in my '06 is starting display symptoms.

jmac771

I used the NAPA gold when my battery went out. Mainly because NAPA was the closest place to me when the battery quit on me. That was about a year and half ago and don't have any problems.

alfack

X3. Can't beat these puppies, IMO.

boondock

Odyssey PC1750. A little pricey, but probably one of the best batteries around.

VFL

I use an Optima Yellow top and it is awesome when compared to a basic acid filled battery