New car battery recommendations

**nitelyfe** · 08-19-2008 03:14 PM

Now that I'm at nearly 90k miles, my battery is slowly dying. Any recommendations on what I should replace it with? Does it have to be a specific battery? I'm willing to spend money on something good because I have electrical tweaks that will require a relatively strong battery. Which do yall like?

**trueno429** · 08-19-2008 03:45 PM

optima is a good brand, and interstate is a brand that works with them. interstate is fairly priced and is a great battery. we sell em at the shop i work at

**MikTip** · 08-19-2008 04:25 PM

Optima

**nitelyfe** · 08-19-2008 04:56 PM

Sold. Thanks folks.

**04QuattroTurbo** · 08-19-2008 05:41 PM

Is that one of the Silicon batteries? Or is that a lead acid? I've been told by owners of Silicon batteries that they do not work as advertised...unlike lead acid, when they die, they die, that's it.

**zeven13** · 08-19-2008 07:56 PM

I've always had Interstate batteries... here in the frozen northern midwest you can rely on them.

**MikTip** · 08-19-2008 08:06 PM

Originally Posted by 04QuattroTurbo

Is that one of the Silicon batteries? Or is that a lead acid? I've been told by owners of Silicon batteries that they do not work as advertised...unlike lead acid, when they die, they die, that's it.

As far as I know, the Optima's which fit in our Audi's are all lead-acid.....

**vdubstreets** · 08-20-2008 06:51 AM

Walmart...

they say 2 year warrenty, but every time you return the battery the warrenty renews. so its basically lifetime

**coowhip** · 08-20-2008 08:20 AM

Red Top Optima unless you have a stereo system, then I would go Yellow Top...nothing else compares. I put a Red top in my old car and the system hit harder right away without doing anything else. All my lights lit up better and I think the car ran better with it. I loved and will be getting one soon.