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Subject: [Mgs] Battery question
From: ccrobins at ktc.com (Charley & Peggy Robinson)
Date: Fri, 15 Apr 2011 14:08:23 -0500
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I wouldn't spend a bundle on a battery if I had an intermittent short in 
the car. :-(

CR

On 4/15/2011 11:19 AM, Councill, David wrote:
> No, not the usual question.
>
> The battery has gone dead in my land Rover Discovery (happens maybe once a
> month). The cause is likely a computer fault related to converting from air
> bag shocks to coil springs but I digress. I was going to get a spare battery
> and I normally get Sears Diehards. They say all they have is the $200 DieHard
> platinum which is apparently a gell cell Optima type. Are these batteries
> worth paying more than double over the old style lead acid batteries? They
> have more CCA but then previous batteries in my LR have never had cold weather
> problems, except for the sporadic times when the battery goes dead and usually
> fast - yesterday, it was deader than a door knob in less than 10 hours.
>
> 24
>
> David Councill
> 64 B
> 67 BGT
> 72 B
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