I've had a red top for about 6 months, twice now the battery has let me down in my race car, in the staging lane and the battery is dead. They have no current capacity. I was looking into another Optima, but now hearing that they have moved to Mexico, well I have nothing for them now. Maybe the people down in Mexico can use the Optima's to power there burro's...

optima red tops
 

i have two reds and so far they seem to hold up. but had one a few years back and it died and never came back. had a blue top and it lived forever and still does. but.... Mexico come onmakes me want to spend my hard earned American dollar elsewhere

Do Not Last
 

I work at a Peterbilt dealer & we have had nothing but problems with the yellow tops. We have had so many problems & replaced so many we talk customers out of buying them even though we keep them in stock. There are definitely much better choices out there.

This has to be a record here! I don't remember ever seeing so many brand new members 1st posts be in the same thread one right after the other! It's like you all know eachother or something? Maybe the next guy should win a free Optima battery or something? :lol:

Laugh it up. It's no coincidence that this thread is no longer stickied either. Word travels quick in the automotive community, and when people hear that a little car forum is not only supporting a company that lied to it's American employees before sending there jobs to Mexico, but banning members who speak up about it.... Well it tends to ruffle feathers. You probably did more to spread the word about Optima's antics by trying to silence your members than you realize. Thank you.

**Edit** This post will be followed by an email to Optima stating how they lost my business as a customer, and also how I found out about there Mexican sellout move. I would encourage the rest of you guys that are ticked off to contact Optima also and voice your displeasure. Who knows, maybe they will offer us tickets to SEMA? Cheers.

:lol:

Just spreading the truth to try & help people from wasting their hard earned dollars.

I doubt the unemployed families in Colorado share your sense of humor.

In case the rest of you are wondering.

http://www.yellowbullet.com/forum/sh...d.php?t=183500

A copy of my email to Optima.

"Hello.
I felt the need to drop you a line and inform you of some bad publicity/conduct going on that has steered myself and assuredly numerous other past,present, and future clients away from your products. It was brought to my attention the concerns that people were having making peace with the idea that a portion of your manufacturing labor force was outsourced internationally. This in and of itself would likely be enough for myself to end a business relationship with a company to be honest. The mitigating factors that really seemed to push this over the "edge" in my eyes was the way that a sponsored website of yours was going about handling the situation.
The website (Lateral-G.net) was evidently "censoring" any posts on there public forum that brought into question the ethics of this decision. As members of the public, and auto enthusiasts we feel as though we do have the right to discuss these issues. It would seem as though the conduct of the aforementioned website served to propel the negative connotations exponentially, now that they were coupled with questionable conduct on the part of your sponsored website and its administrators.
I would suggest you reevaluate the criteria by which you gauge your working partners. These issues can spread like wildfire, and in the end do nothing for a company's image. It likely wouldn't matter so much on your end if your product was of a proprietorially exclusive nature, but in this instance that just isn't the case. "