[Shotimes] Oh no ! now they both do it!!

[Donald Mallinson]

My first Optima failed rather quick, but when they first came out they 
had a 3 or 5 year full replacement warranty.  Not sure where you bought 
one without it!  But soon after they hit the market, within a couple 
years, Optima realized they had a longevity problem, and they dropped 
the warranty to about a year very quickly (pro-rated, I think, which 
means basically no warranty).  I got my first one replaced under 
warranty, although my local Interstate dealer had to go to bat for me, 
and the second one has been super reliable, but I think the key is to 
keep them on a trickle charger unless you drive the car every day.  Were 
your failures on cars you drove all the time (do you have any you don't 
drive all the time?)  :)    Or was it on a car you store most of the time?

Don Mallinson