Date:         Tue, 4 Jul 1995 18:50:13 -0700 (PDT)
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         David Schwarze <des@teleport.com>
Subject:      Re: battery info requested

Tim Smith writes:
> 
>         In a '71 you can fit the biggest damn battery you can find, so go to 
> Sears and buy the newest biggest DieHard Gold you can find, great warranty 
> on them too!

Yup, and I got to use it too.  I bought a brand new Die Hard Gold for
the Mustang, and a year later left my lights on overnight.  The battery
would no longer hold a charge.  I took it back to Sears, paid
$20-something for the pro rate, and got a new one.  I watch the
installer toss my one year old battery into a pile of Die Hard Golds.
He said they get them back all the time.    

The Die Hard Gold is a strong battery, but it doesn't seem to have much
resistance to being discharged.  I had an old car once with electrical
problems, with an old Black top/white case Die Hard battery in it.  That
battery got run down dead many times and I was always able to roll
start the car and it would charge back up.  I eventually sold the car
with the still good battery in it, several years later.

FWIW,

-David

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David Schwarze                     '73 VW Safare Custom Camper  (Da Boat)
San Diego, California, USA         '73 Capri GT 2800            (Da Beast)
e-mail: des@teleport.com           '87 Mustang Lx 5.0           (Da Sleeper)
http://www.teleport.com/~des       '93 Weber WG-50              (Da Piano)
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