I saw the Zila thread and wanted to make a few comments. A good car battery will discharge just by sitting with nothing hooked to it. Even if you have a disconnect switch the battery will still slowly discharge. With modern cars and attachments i.e. radios, alarms, Lockzillaz etc. there is additional discharging that is put on a battery. This nominal drain on the battery is normal and usually undetectable because the charging system (when functioning properly) recharges the battery each time we drive it. Problems start to appear when the car sits, which is the case with most Deloreans. Two important facts about new car batteries. 1. Just because it is new does not make it a good battery 2. Usually cars with new batteries that have this type of discharge problem (and the battery is tested and confirmed good)have a small problem with a simple solution. The real problem is the battery is not fully charged! Most people don't ever fully charge the batteries on their cars. Cars that just sit tend to get a quick charge but not a full charge. The Solution to the problem is a float charger cost $10-50 dollars (the $10 one works just fine BTW)The float charger puts out about 50 MA and keeps the battey charge toped off but does not boil of the electrolyte (cook the battery) THIS IS NOT THE SAME AS A TRICKLE CHARGER! The proper way to use a float charger (and nobody does this) is to first fully charge the battery and then use the float charger to maintain the fully charged battery. Hank, try to slow charge your battery for 24 ?48 hours. The battery will have in the range of 85AH (ampere hours) on it. If your only discharge on this battery is 30 MA at the end of 2 months the battery will still have about half it's capacity (which is typical of what many cars drive around with) enough charge to start the car (assuming it is a good battery). As far as Bob and the Zila products go. Most people have no idea of the painstaking efforts that have gone into the Zilla Products. The time, money, effort and aggravation to make them the best products of their kind. Not only does it have to pass Bob's standards but then they need to pass Rob Gradys requirements also. Some of the products have had years of design and prototyping before they get released tothe DeLorean world to be sold. Bob Zilla builds parts that are second to none. If people knew the work Bob put into bringing only the best products possible (and standing behind every product he ever sold BTW). I think most people would agree Bob has the right to feel a little defensive about a thread that infers (intentionally or by accident) that any of the Zilla products are not the top quality in every way. If the sounds like a plug for Bob or the Zilla products my apologies I just stated the facts, as I know them. WHAT I WILL PLUG IS THE 3RD ANNUAL DELOREAN FALL FOLIAGE TOUR! ITS IN LESS THEN TWO WEEKS OCT 19TH AND 20TH Please e-mail me if you are planing to attend or need more information turbodmc@xxxx Regards, Mike D.