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Date:         Wed, 10 Nov 2010 10:46:26 -0700
Reply-To:     Karl Wolz <wolzphoto@Q.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Karl Wolz <wolzphoto@Q.COM>
Subject:      Re: Group 41 Battery at Wal-Mart
Comments: To: Ken Wilford <kenwilfy@COMCAST.NET>
In-Reply-To:  <4CDAB774.6080500@comcast.net>
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Years ago I used to sell bicycle tire branded "Dae Yung".

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Karl Wolz

|-----Original Message----- |From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of |Ken Wilford |Sent: Wednesday, November 10, 2010 8:17 AM |To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM |Subject: Re: Group 41 Battery at Wal-Mart | |Jack, I have been using the Wal-mart batteries for years now just of the |reason that they seem to hold up pretty well and if I have a problem I |can just swap them with no hassle. I will probably start a flame war |but the batteries I take out and junk the most are Die Hard the irony of |which is not lost on me :-) They should be renamed Die Easy and I when |I see one in a van now I automatically cringe. Thanks for the tip on |looking at the build date, I would have never thought of that. | |-- |Thanks, |Ken Wilford |John 3:16 |www.vanagain.com |Phone: 856-327-4936 |Fax: 856-327-2242 | | | |On 11/9/2010 8:04 PM, Jack R. wrote: |> Just sharing a recent battery shopping experience... as winter is |> approaching, some of you on the list may be in the market for a new |battery |> for your Vanagon. |> |> |> |> I just picked up a battery at Wal-Mart for my 2000 Volvo XC70, group 48 - |- |> 825 Amp / 700 CCA... Everstart Maxx - 3 year full replacement warranty |for |> $77! (Dealer charges over $300 for OEM). The Wal-Mart batteries are now |> made by Johnson Controls... and are typically very "Fresh" this one had a |> date code of 10/10. |> |> |> |> So, checked on the cost of a Group 41 (Size for Vanagon)... and |discovered |> that they had the basic "Everstart" with a 1 year full replacement |warranty, |> also by Johnson Controls, 780 Amp / 650 CCA for only $67.00 Not bad, if |you |> are on a budget and need to keep your vanagon going through the winter. |I |> know other batteries have more amps... but for that price, hard to turn |> down. The data code was on the Group 41 in front of the rack was 1/09. |> However, when I looked to the back and they had fresher batteries. It is |> worth pulling the old batteries off the rack, and digging for the |freshest |> one. The warranty is 1 year from date of purchase, so keep your receipt. |> |> |> |> Just as an FYI... be careful to also check the manufacturer name printed |on |> the battery... They have some old Exide-made batteries, which are not as |> good as the Johnson Controls batteries. |> |> |> |> Jack R. |> |> 84 Westy |>


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