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#312281 - 09/10/01 10:56 PM
Yellow top Optima Battery
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Where is the cheapest place to buy an Optima Yellow top battery? I have been looking and the best price I can find is $169.00 plus fre shipping?
Anyone, anyone????
PS I posted this in General Forum too...
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#312282 - 09/10/01 11:02 PM
Re: Yellow top Optima Battery
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Originally posted by rrdstarr:
PS I posted this in General Forum too... I noticed that.  Any particular reason you wouldn't just put it in the parts and accessories forum and let it sit there a while until people responded?
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#312283 - 09/10/01 11:51 PM
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Craig, I forgot to thank you for the reply about the Surco rack! Craisy Daisy has a Surco rack and adapted a shovel/ax holder to his Hi-lift so I am probably going to go that way!
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#312284 - 10/10/01 10:13 PM
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The cheapest place I found was Pep Boys. $162.95. Try going to the optima website and doing a search under the stores closest to you. That is what I did. http://www.optimabatteries.com/ [ 10-10-2001: Message edited by: defibvt ]
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#312285 - 11/10/01 06:32 AM
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i heard costco had a good deal but i think it was for the red top...?
anyways, i'd go check them out.
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#312286 - 11/10/01 11:10 AM
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Are you sure they're not quoting prices for the red-top? They tend to run $110-150, where the yellow-top runs over $150.
Brent
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#312288 - 11/10/01 12:24 PM
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I called back and stress I was talking about the yellow top and found that OffroadX is correct and I was miss quoted. Rocky at pepboys just learned the diference with the red and yellow (they don't even carry the yellow).
Sorry for posting the wrong information. I will delete my other posts so people don't get confused.
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#312289 - 11/10/01 01:21 PM
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Thanks everybody! I don't need the thing tomorrow! Just trying to find a reasonable price!
-Rick
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#312290 - 11/10/01 01:49 PM
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The Exide Orbital gel cell is supposed to be similar to the Optima yellow top, but costs less money. It also is available at Pep Boys.
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#312291 - 11/10/01 05:14 PM
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Guys! we don't have PepBoys in Seattle area!
We did, but it lasted about two months! Shucks had a gel "looking" battery made by Exide? Red and black ones.
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#312292 - 12/10/01 12:08 AM
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Originally posted by rrdstarr:
Guys! we don't have PepBoys in Seattle area!
We did, but it lasted about two months! Shucks had a gel "looking" battery made by Exide? Red and black ones. but we have GI JOES. That's where I got my yellow top. I think it was ~$150-$160. Faily knowledgeable staff and decent prices.
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#312293 - 12/10/01 07:44 AM
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Originally posted by rrdstarr:
Guys! we don't have PepBoys in Seattle area!
We did, but it lasted about two months! Shucks had a gel "looking" battery made by Exide? Red and black ones. Rick, There is one up on South Hill (Puyallup) about 122nd and Meridian and also I think their is one in Federal Way on Pac Hiway across from Sea-Tac Mall.
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#312294 - 12/10/01 04:32 PM
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I was just reading Consumer Reports. It didn't have the Optima battery rated very high. I thought that was weird. Duralast and Interstate came in front of it. Optima was also the most expensive out of all the batteries tested.
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#312295 - 12/10/01 06:44 PM
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Originally posted by bperry:
Optima was also the most expensive out of all the batteries tested. Maybe that's why CR didn't rate it that highly- it's a specialized battery and for most passenger cars, it's probably overkill.
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#312296 - 13/10/01 08:08 AM
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Yeah thats what I would think, but they had all the batteries seperated into classes. But they tested a red top 34/78-11050. It didn't do great in cold cranking amps and reserve-capacity tests.
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#312297 - 16/10/01 02:24 PM
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Problem solved!
Yellow Xterra...Yellow Optima!
$159.00 at G.I. Joe's.....
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#312298 - 16/10/01 03:10 PM
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that's where I got mine.
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#312299 - 16/10/01 04:41 PM
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Originally posted by rrdstarr:
Problem solved!
Yellow Xterra...Yellow Optima!
$159.00 at G.I. Joe's..... I was just going to email you and let you know that I saw one at GI Joes in Federal way the other night for (you guessed it) $159.00
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