[DeTomaso] Optima: red, yellow, or blue

[mikeldrew at aol.com]

In a message dated 1/4/10 17 22 16, msm at portata.com writes:


> I was wondering which one I should get.  Much to my surprise, the answer
> was on the home page.
> 
> http://www.optimabatteries.com/home.php
> 
> See the third image in the rotating ad.
> 
> 

Jim's testimonial isn't particularly encouraging, and I wonder why they 
bothered to share it.   In it, he states that this battery isn't strong enough 
to turn his engine over when it's hot!

He probably has a tired, weak stock starter, and/or poor grounds, and/or 
too much timing.   He says his motor has 11:1 compression, but unless he's 
modified it somehow, that seems unlikely.

In any case, any decent battery should easily be able to turn over a 
Pantera engine, hot or cold.   If it doesn't, then something is wrong, most likely 
with the car, not the battery.   

Still, I'm amazed that Optima thinks that having a customer state that 
their battery will only start his car when it's cold is somehow good 
advertising?

Mike