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    Batteries any deals?

    If you had to replace your battery, what would you choose?
    Motorcraft, Diehard, Duralast?
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    I went with an Optima, SpiralCelll battery.

    http://www.optimabatteries.com/optima_edge/
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    go to your ford dealer and get a group 65 with the ford warranty...is all you could want..

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    odyssey PC1700/65... You will need to trim the battery box a hair to make it fit, but they are the best batteries made.. There is a reason they have a contract with the military

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    Quote Originally Posted by dalucifer View Post
    odyssey PC1700/65... You will need to trim the battery box a hair to make it fit, but they are the best batteries made.. There is a reason they have a contract with the military
    This is what I am going with, they are pricey but from what I hear well worth it. Did you get the plastic or metal case?

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    Quote Originally Posted by dalucifer View Post
    There is a reason they have a contract with the military

    do they come with a free $500 toilet seat or something?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bradley G View Post
    If you had to replace your battery, what would you choose?
    Motorcraft, Diehard, Duralast?
    Interstate, Motorcraft, Diehard, Duralast...in order of first to last..
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    One of the things I value most in a battery is it's ability to keep all it's acid inside. I've
    had Interstates, Die Hards, and Duralasts, and all of 'em got the acid ooze all over the
    tops, and tended to corrode the battery cables.

    The Motorcrafts I've had stay clean. 'Nuff said.
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    Quote Originally Posted by fastblackmerc View Post
    I went with an Optima, SpiralCelll battery.

    http://www.optimabatteries.com/optima_edge/
    I used to be a big fan of Optimas, but lately they have been junk!

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    The OEM batt lasted exactly 2 years, the NAPA 13 months replaced free but why put up w/ that pos and the Optima is 16 months so far.

    Diehard sells a pos battery w/ a money making warr for Sears. The batts keep failing and they "fu-rate" a new one. I quit buying them 10+ years ago.
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    all my Motorcraft group 65s tend to last 100000 miles with no problems

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    The nice folks at Consumer Reports rate the yellow MAXX FROM wally world as a best buy

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    I had to call Ford Roadside assistance to get a jump start yesterday.
    I asked the guys at work ( FLM dealership) to test the battery and charging system all checked out ok.
    Car only cranked for thirty seconds and pooped out.
    2004 Trilogy #93P 12.2@113 Built and stalled

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    Bosch for me.
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    My optima redtop has been real good to me for the last 3 years...

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