Thanks for all the advice. I store the car all winter from late october till about now (when salt and sand is cleaned up from the roads). I use a disconnect switch and a trickle charger now, but my 5 year old Die Hard Gold is not taking a charge very well, and it cranks a little slowly before it kicks over. I haven't used the charger before last year, so I think I killed that battery each winter season from lack of proper charging. In the nice weather, I will take it out a couple of times a week. I did buy a MAXX78 Walmart battery to try it out, before I read the post responses (I was anxious to get it and happened to be shopping there, so I thought what the heck. If it lasts only a couple of years, I'll get better one then, However, I think it only has 770 CCA's. Will that be a problem? I thought I read an old post where someone said 650 CCA or over. Thanks again, Paul --- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Farrar Hudkins <fhudkins@...> wrote: > > 850 cold cranking amps or better. > > Farrar Hudkins > #2613 > ------------------------------------ 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/dmcnewsYahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: dmcnews-digest@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx dmcnews-fullfeatured@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> 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/