Re: Own a Mondial? Need a battery?
From: Frank Terhaar-Yonkers (ftyemployees.org)
Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2008 04:56:09 -0800 (PST)

FWIW -
The last battery I bought for my '85 Cab/Euro (Interstate) is now over 8 years and 30k miles old. I doubt it's the brand that accounts for the longevity but the battery tender. If I haven't driven the car within a few days I plug it in, and leave it on the tender until I do.

YMMV,
Frank

Hans E. Hansen wrote:
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


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