# Best car battery
**URL:** https://forums.speedlife.net/t/best-car-battery/221735
**Category:** NYSpeed Automotive
**Created:** [April 1, 2012, 7:20pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/best-car-battery/221735 "2012-04-01T19:20:21Z")
**Posts on this page:** 8
**Page:** 2
### Author:  [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)
#### Post date: [April 2, 2012, 10:18am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/best-car-battery/221735/21 "2012-04-02T10:18:34Z")
> [@Spam16v](#):
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> Johnson killed the yellow top’s reliability fyi. Go elsewhere for deep cycle gels. I have an Exide Orbital, and yellow top, one in each Honda Element. On the second yellow top…
I’ve heard that all the Optima’s are no where near as good as they used to be.
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### Author:  [@theblue](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/theblue)
#### Post date: [April 2, 2012, 10:19am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/best-car-battery/221735/22 "2012-04-02T10:19:50Z")
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### Author:  [@Shockwave179](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Shockwave179)
#### Post date: [April 2, 2012, 10:27am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/best-car-battery/221735/23 "2012-04-02T10:27:26Z")
I’ve had good experience with Optima Red Tops but I know not everyone has. One that seems to come highly recommended are the Exide Orbital series.
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### Author:  [@ultradriver10000](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ultradriver10000)
#### Post date: [April 2, 2012, 10:40am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/best-car-battery/221735/24 "2012-04-02T10:40:05Z")
There isn’t an Exide battery that fits…
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### Author:  [@L8APEX1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/L8APEX1)
#### Post date: [April 2, 2012, 2:06pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/best-car-battery/221735/25 "2012-04-02T14:06:43Z")
The old optima were fantastic, before Johnson controls bought them. Now, not so much.
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### Author:  [@Spam16v](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Spam16v)
#### Post date: [April 2, 2012, 3:06pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/best-car-battery/221735/26 "2012-04-02T15:06:08Z")
> [@L8APEX1](#):
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> The old optima were fantastic, before Johnson controls bought them. Now, not so much.
Reds have still been alright it seems.
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### Author:  [@fiend540](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/fiend540)
#### Post date: [April 2, 2012, 3:13pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/best-car-battery/221735/27 "2012-04-02T15:13:13Z")
> [@JayS](#):
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> Since I was 16 any time I replaced an OEM battery it was always with a Sears Diehard, and every time that Sears Diehard outlasted the car it was put in. The one exception was 3 years ago when I needed a battery for the GTO and Sears didn’t have one in stock. I went with a Napa battery because someone said they were just as good. Guess what I just replaced last week with a Diehard? Yep, that POS Napa battery that failed after 3 years. It probably had some pro-rated warranty left but I’d rather just pay full price for a good battery than deal with getting a shitty replacement for a shitty battery that’s just going to leave me stranded in a few years.
Wierd, I never had an issue with any Napa battery, they’re just a Deka with a different sticker.
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### Author:  [@LXIFLYBY](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LXIFLYBY)
#### Post date: [April 4, 2012, 2:28pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/best-car-battery/221735/28 "2012-04-04T14:28:06Z")
never had problems with napa batteries, but i prefer INTERSTATE!
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