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Old 03-13-2010, 05:06 PM
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Originally Posted by Paladin View Post
I went through 2 optima red tops. not impressed. If you have a boomerang alarm, or something that is constantly drawing. These batteries get run down quickly! when re charged they are never at their peak. Never had enough power to run my power windows, stereo, etc. Even caused idle problems because my electric fans would come on, and the mass air meter would get the wrong voltage readings. done with optima.

I never had any problems with my optima blue top, had it for about 8 years and still going strong, last two years I've been driving my car daily, I wouldn't hesitate to buy another one,

Also have a yellow top in Escalade for over a year,still works just fine
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