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10-22-2004
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$180 later...
So I was washing my car and bumpin the stereo while i vacuumed it out...and then all of a sudden the freakin battery dies. So i had to get a jump and go down to sears and spend 180! on a freaking battery. I got an optima yellow top - you people told me that was what to get - so i did. I just wanna know if thats a good price or not??
I mean 180 for a battery!!! yikes!
or maybe im a cheapskate
I mean 180 for a battery!!! yikes!
or maybe im a cheapskate
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yep. well now this depends, ur in canada right, so is that US or canadian dollars? optimas usually run for $100-120 bucks here, a little over the top its a good battery esp. if you want to get some i.c.e. later
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Rep Power: 272 my bad it was 160, not 180, just checked my receipt. But still a lot, huh?
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Rep Power: 304 I bought my optima red top for 90 bucks brand new. The yellow tops were 110. You got reamed, and I bet they didn't even kiss you.
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they didn't even give me the common courtesy of a reach around 
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Rep Power: 347 You might have over paid a little but you got an awesome battery.
BTW... was your battery completely dead? Because if you jump your car and run it for a while the battery charges itself back up.
BTW... was your battery completely dead? Because if you jump your car and run it for a while the battery charges itself back up.
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Rep Power: 429 ^^^yea, did you make sure you even needed a new battery because if you had it jumped and then went down to sears, that means your battery was still good.
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Originally Posted by streetglower
^^^yea, did you make sure you even needed a new battery because if you had it jumped and then went down to sears, that means your battery was still good.
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not true.. once ur car is jumped u can disconnect the battery and still have the car run because its running off the alternator..
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Originally Posted by xproductionz
not true.. once ur car is jumped u can disconnect the battery and still have the car run because its running off the alternator..
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Rep Power: 0 if you jump it and drive it to charge up the battery, and it happens again, then you know the battery is dead, if it cannot hold the charge. damn, i didn't know those optimas were so expensive.
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Rep Power: 293 Optima's really make a difference though. #1 rule of having a system is always keep your car on while ur bumpin or the car will die. Sure he paid about $50 more then he should have, but what would you rather do, save $50 and not drive a car for a week, or spend an extra $50 and be able to drive it an hour later. Advanced Auto sells it for like $150 I think, and I'd rather spend that then not be able to drive for a week while I wait for a battery to be shipped from TNA sports for $110.
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