RE: Battery Nomenclature

["Gregory S. Youngblood" <greg@domain.elided>]

I'd like to hear other people's opinions of the Interstate batteries just
for comparison.

I had to replace the one that came in the Alfa shortly after I got it,
I ended up with a cheap Exide.

It's been my experience (at least up in MN and other places in the
midwest) that the Interstate batteries have been extremely good. I've been
using them in my vehicles for about 15 years they've always lasted and
started my vehicles no matter how cold it got (and without a battery
warming blanket or other warming devices plugged in). Of course I usually
get the truck batteries (usually the largest CCA battery that will fit the
battery space in the vehicle). And none of these cars and trucks have been
Alfas.

Anyone else have any comments about these batteries (good or bad)?

On Thu, 4 Apr 2002, Ahmet Tuncay wrote:

> All this battery talk prompted to me make a comment.  Between my 164S
> and the GTV I've tried several brands including Interstate, Exide,
> DieHard, and ACDelco.  I would rate them worst to best in this order
> from the perspective of maintenance, starting performance, shelf
> (parked) life, and tolerance for abuse (over-under charging).  I'd use
> the ACDelco batteries without hesitation. YMMV.
> -ahmet
> ----
>
> The above reminds me that the replacement battery in my '95 164LS is a
> large "NAPA Bus and Truck" battery. What does that say about the biggest
> Alfa in North America?
>
> (It fits and works great in the moderate San Jose, CA climate, BTW. I
> don't know of any other direct replacement makes available.)
>
> Karl
> 1995 164LS
>
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