I have a Red Top Optima in the Yellow D that is going on 3 years. The car does get driven several times a week however. Recently, during a 5 month engine swap project the battery did get abused pretty much but made it through the down time and excessive cranking of a new engine. Now that the car is back up and running the battery seems as good as ever. Thumbs up on the Red Top I got. Ron --- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Ryan Wright" <ryanpwright@...> wrote: > > Curious, I wonder how many of you drive your cars regularly and still have > problems with the Optimas? Is it possible the batteries just don't like to > sit? Do they discharge more quickly when not in use, or are they otherwise > less tolerant of being discharged too low? > > Does anyone really know the actual reason so many have had problems with > them? > > -Ryan > To address comments privately to the moderating team, please address: moderators@xxxxxxxxxxx For more info on the list, tech articles, cars for sale see www.dmcnews.com To search the archives or view files, log in at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: dmcnews-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/