So I went out and much to my chagrin the factory battery in the Virago 250 took a [censored]. The maintenance charger was charging but the battery wont take it. Its 5 years old so I saw it coming. Now...here is the skinny. I have an O Reilly, a Napa, and a Advance Auto in the area and all stock the 10L-A2 size I need. Any idea on which store brand would be the best buy? There are all within 4 bucks of eachother. If I recall Advance car batteries are Johnson Controls, and NAPA and O Reilly are East Penn. Not sure about their bike units though.
Auto parts chain store batteries?
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powersports batteries at those locations are not JC or EP. I've used batts from walmart and advance and would do it again - although I found a new favorite supplier. good prices, fast ship.. the last 3 I purchased at batterymart. ( I have 3 atv's and a motorcycle ) Their "big crank" line is East Penn and made in the US.
Another +1 for battery mart.
My Honda takes an odd size that neither Walmart nor most car places stock so i ordered online. Not only did I get a quality item, the price was around $60 shipped. The factory Yuasa is a $150+ battery for my app.
My Honda takes an odd size that neither Walmart nor most car places stock so i ordered online. Not only did I get a quality item, the price was around $60 shipped. The factory Yuasa is a $150+ battery for my app.
A couple local Arnolds and I have had some issues, mostly with their machine shop work quality and costs.
Plus my battery is only made as a conventional I from what I have seen. No AGM for it.
Plus my battery is only made as a conventional I from what I have seen. No AGM for it.
Originally Posted By: Tdbo
AAP online + discount code = best place to buy a battery.
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I just did this a few weeks ago. I saved around $30 if memory serves.
AAP online + discount code = best place to buy a battery.
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I just did this a few weeks ago. I saved around $30 if memory serves.
Yeah around here the stores have them for 49 bucks roughly on the shelf. Probably just going to go get the NAPA one.
I will never EVER buy an Advance Auto battery again. I bought one from them for my F-150. Went out next morning and it was dead, boosted it took it to them they checked it and said it was good, something must be draining it. I took it over to firestone they checked it and said it had a bad plate , it was a bad battery.
To make it short, after 3 trips to Advance and threatening to call corporate they gave me a new one, It is working OK, For now
To make it short, after 3 trips to Advance and threatening to call corporate they gave me a new one, It is working OK, For now
I have installed 6 duralast gold tops in family and friends vehicles, some are more than 6 years old now. Not one failure. My Camry has one thats 3 years old. Cranks really fast in cold weather. Faster than the factory one it replaced.
Originally Posted By: sHERM
I will never EVER buy an Advance Auto battery again. I bought one from them for my F-150. Went out next morning and it was dead, boosted it took it to them they checked it and said it was good, something must be draining it. I took it over to firestone they checked it and said it had a bad plate , it was a bad battery.
To make it short, after 3 trips to Advance and threatening to call corporate they gave me a new one, It is working OK, For now
Well my autolite silver lasted 6 years. And they are made by Johnson controls, one of the three big makers left in the U.S. If you want to see a lot of people unhappy with batteries, its seems Exide products have the most complaints.
I will never EVER buy an Advance Auto battery again. I bought one from them for my F-150. Went out next morning and it was dead, boosted it took it to them they checked it and said it was good, something must be draining it. I took it over to firestone they checked it and said it had a bad plate , it was a bad battery.
To make it short, after 3 trips to Advance and threatening to call corporate they gave me a new one, It is working OK, For now
Well my autolite silver lasted 6 years. And they are made by Johnson controls, one of the three big makers left in the U.S. If you want to see a lot of people unhappy with batteries, its seems Exide products have the most complaints.
Originally Posted By: sHERM
I will never EVER buy an Advance Auto battery again. I bought one from them for my F-150. Went out next morning and it was dead, boosted it took it to them they checked it and said it was good, something must be draining it. I took it over to firestone they checked it and said it had a bad plate , it was a bad battery.
To make it short, after 3 trips to Advance and threatening to call corporate they gave me a new one, It is working OK, For now
OK... so you bought a bad battery from a store that has bad customer service. And that makes the entire line of batteries a problem?
Back to the topic at hand. I bought a battery for a jetski at Advance Auto Parts, and was pleasantly surprised to unpackage it and find a Yuasa battery inside.
I will never EVER buy an Advance Auto battery again. I bought one from them for my F-150. Went out next morning and it was dead, boosted it took it to them they checked it and said it was good, something must be draining it. I took it over to firestone they checked it and said it had a bad plate , it was a bad battery.
To make it short, after 3 trips to Advance and threatening to call corporate they gave me a new one, It is working OK, For now
OK... so you bought a bad battery from a store that has bad customer service. And that makes the entire line of batteries a problem?
Back to the topic at hand. I bought a battery for a jetski at Advance Auto Parts, and was pleasantly surprised to unpackage it and find a Yuasa battery inside.
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