Ferrari Mailing List: Re: Own a Mondial? Need a battery?

[Hans E. Hansen (FList]

My replacement - that I've been very satisfied with - has been
a new Optima.  I've heard that in recent years that there has been
quality control probs with Optima, but so far the new battery has
done just fine.  After sometime 2 months (yes, I'm a really baaaaad
Ferrari owner......) it fires right up.

Hans.

On Fri, Nov 21, 2008 at 7:29 PM, Grahame Reinthal
<grahame [at] reinthal.com.au> wrote:
> I had several different batteries in the 308gt4 and none of them liked
> infrequent driving. I had to plan a drive with battery charging and the like
> if I had not driven the car for a while.
>
> Then I got a Federal Part #700U, 12 volts, 720 CCA (i.e cold cranking amps
> at 0 degrees Farenheit), Length = 222mm (8-3/4"), width = 175mm (nearly 7"),
> height = 203mm (8"), weight = 15.2kg (about 34lb).
>
> This battery is maintenance free, has a lot of grunt and will kick over the
> car even when it has not been driven for ages. Only drawback is that the
> price is quite high compared to other batteries (at least double) especially
> here in Australia, but the trouble freedom has more than made up for that.
>
> Cheers,
> Grahame
>
>