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Old Mar 10, 2007 | 07:45 PM
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who sells optima batteries in windsor i think i might need one for my 02 ss
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Old Mar 10, 2007 | 08:04 PM
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i bought a battery similar to an optima 2yrs ago at canadian tire for my 95. no problems so far. car is stored all winter
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Old Mar 10, 2007 | 08:59 PM
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You can get them at Walmart. I've seen the red tops and blue tops there. You may need to go to a stereo shop to pick up a yellow top if that's what you're looking for.
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walmart thats weird I would of never thought optimas would be sold at walmart
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walmart thats weird I would of never thought optimas would be sold at walmart
That's where I got my Red Top.
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Old Mar 11, 2007 | 01:55 PM
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so then the red top should outlast the original battery ac/delco
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Originally Posted by hammrman31
i bought a battery similar to an optima 2yrs ago at canadian tire for my 95. no problems so far. car is stored all winter
by any chance is your battery an oribital.
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Optimas are from Interstate, so whoever sells interstate battery's can get them.
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Costco sells them too but oddly enough i couldnt get one there recently. The dude working there said they have had all sorts of warranty issues with them so they pulled them off the shelves??

Dunno i went to Can Tire and bought an eliminator spiral core which is the same thing and prolly made by optima. I'm just sick and tired of acid leaking out of conventional bats
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i got the optima instead from walmart its awsome.
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Go figure. I would have never thought you would be able to get them at Walmart. I had seen a sign for them at Costco but there were none there.
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I had seen a sign for them at Costco but there were none there.

Ya same here so I inquired and thats when i found out there was issues with them. Completely unverified on my part just what the Costco dude said
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