We found someone to swap us batteries so they could charge ours on stage and we could continue. We took a look and figured the alt as it is near the turbo and a common failure on those cars. We ran all of Friday, mostly at night with lights on and most of the day saturday when we started to have low voltage problems. See lessĪ couple of weeks ago at Prescot Rally we had a Yellow Top in the Talon. It was a bit hard to get the battery distribution fuse block back on top because of a tiny clearance issue, but nonetheless, I finally have a quality battery in the GTI. So, anyway.there happens to be a Sears Car Care place right at PV Mall, and luckily, they were stocked with Optima Red Tops. I was in a bind, so I opted for the $70 Duralast - it sucks, because you don't usually 'shop' for batteries - you don't usually have any foresight in the situation, unless you pull out a known good battery and decide to toss in an Optima before the existing battery dies - you usually find yourself in a situation like 'sh*t - stranded, dead battery, must get new one immediately'. Unfortunately, it was the only alternative when I had to get the battery originally, because it was late and Autozone was *right* there(and they were out of Optima Red Tops) - figures. I've had the Duralast battery in my car for less than a year. I had the misfortune of having a dead battery today, which stranded me at PV Mall. First off, it's not like I thought Autozone Duralast batts were good to begin with.
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