[DeTomaso] battery recommendation

[Christopher Kimball]

Dear Richard,

 

I went to Sears today all set to spend $240 on a new Platinum PM-1.  I took in the existing battery from my Pantera, which was a 2003, 72-month battery.  I figured if it were a bit lame it might not have enough "oomph" to get the starter turning a few more rpms when it's hot.  

 

They checked the existing battery and they said it was in great shape.

 

Since my battery is about at the end of it's natural life, and since my starter is relatively new (and I don't feel like spending more money on a starter), should I get the PM-1 anyway, or wait?

 

Thanks,

 

Chris

 


 
> Date: Wed, 20 May 2009 15:50:09 -0700
> From: rlbpantera at earthlink.net
> To: DeTomaso at realbig.com
> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] battery recommendation
> 
> I agree with Ralph Granchelli post on May 17: Optima's suck. My wife's 
> Lexus SC420 has gone through 2 of them (red tops) in less than 4 years. 
> It sits for a week or more at a time and before I got a tender would get 
> drawn down to dead once in a while. I thought they were supposed to do 
> better than most against that but this is not the case. The last one 
> lasted 1.5 years and got killed on the tender when the tender couldn't 
> keep up with the trunk light drain.
> 
> Zonkey has had an Odyssey PC1200 (same one) for 7 years (I won it in the 
> Vegas raffel). It's been run to zero a number of times and still works 
> fine. So I decided to bite the bullet ($$$) and put one in the Lexus.
> 
> It turns out that the Sears Platinum is an Odyssey (both made by 
> Enersys). I discovered this while searching for a good price on an 
> Odyssey. The Sears Platinum P-1 (Group size 34) is the same as the 
> Odyssey PC1500T (1500 peak cranking amps, 62 amp hours). It is $189. If 
> you want the ultimate cranking machine, the Marine Platinum PM-1 is a 
> PC2150S and rated at 2150 amps/ 95 ah (and weighs 75 lbs!). If that 
> can't start your car, nothing will! It costs $249 (but now is $10 off, 
> $239).
> 
> Richard
> 
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> Sincerely, Richard Barkley
> 
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