Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84 exptools; site ihwpt.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxt!houxm!ihnp4!ihwpt!warren From: warren@ihwpt.UUCP (warren montgomery) Newsgroups: net.auto.tech Subject: Any Opinions on VW Batteries? Message-ID: <544@ihwpt.UUCP> Date: Tue, 5-Nov-85 10:08:18 EST Article-I.D.: ihwpt.544 Posted: Tue Nov 5 10:08:18 1985 Date-Received: Thu, 7-Nov-85 04:24:47 EST Distribution: net Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories Lines: 17 The time has probably come to replace the original equipment battery on my VW Rabbit. I am very impressed with the longevity of the original equipment battery, which has been in the car 6-1/2 years, 110K miles, and several severe discharges. It's also the old-fashioned kind that you can check and add water to if it needs it. It's still not quite dead, but may not make it through another spell of -25 degree days. I have never had a battery come close to this in longevity, and wonder if VW (or whoever makes it for them) really does have superior technology, or if I was just lucky. The batter is an odd size anyway, and I haven't seen any bargains on it recently, and I am considering paying the premium to get another VW battery from a dealer. Does anyone out there in net-land have any opinions on VW batteries I should consider? -- Warren Montgomery, ihesa!warren