The only battery I *wouldn't* put is a lithium chemistry battery. Light weight I don't need on a daily driver (what with a/c and power steering, plus all the emergency stuff in the trunk) and they have a fun failure mode that does a decent imitation of a firebomb. Lead-acid, AGM style, thanks.

 

price of lead goes up



prices of batteries go up

 

The environmental and safety cost with lead are very high and that keeps pressure up on the cost of batteries.

 

For a few weeks since the weather has been cooler, the starter cranked just a little slow. Then the last couple days, it was noticeably slow. Today, no start, not even starter click. I was considering switching battery brands before, but I didn't realize until today I've been using this Red Top since 2006.



Seven years is Outstanding Performance for a battery in my book, so now I have a new Red Top.