New car battery, brand or vendor recommendations?

[cidley69]

Need to replace 8 year old car battery.

Any favorite brands? Any brands to avoid?

[cyra1ax]

As an ex-Cambodian Tire employee, I like the Costco ones purely because of the no-hassle warranty.

[ExtraSlow]

Pretty important is to get it somewhere that has locations that are convenient for you, because if you need a replacement, and aren't near the place that give you the warranty, then the warranty is worthless.
People seem to like the Costco warranty. Napa has the most locations in smaller towns.

I have no opinions on quality differences between brands.

[ThePenIsMightier]

The guys from Post 2&3 are right. *Sorry - posters... It would be wrong for me to assume their genders.

Both are right. I'm done with CT batteries. They never last through the warranty period and are a pain to deal with when warranty is needed.

[ExtraSlow]

I buy a lot from CT, but not batteries unless forced. They make it a hassle.

[Jatt87]

Costco!

[schurchill39]

Another vote for Costco batteries. Every time an OEM battery starts to go it gets replaced with Kirkland after my fair share of issues with CT and autozone batteries.

[flipstah]

Costco or interstate agm

[Thaco]

costco

[heinz256]

Get an AGM battery

[cidley69]

Thanks for the comments on this topic.

Costco seems to only sell AGM batteries that are Energizer brand. Any thoughts on this brand?

[redblack]

Go into the warehouse and pick up a Kirkland battery, they don’t list it on the website but lots on the rack in store.

[redline]

No optima or Odyssey lovers in this crowd ?

[The_Penguin]

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No optima or Odyssey lovers in this crowd ?

Indeed. I thought Optima was the choice not so long ago.

[ExtraSlow]

I think optima had the greatest marketing and decent construction at one point. Both have gotten worse.

[ThePenIsMightier]

Quad the price for a battery that's 33% better.

[ExtraSlow]

I don't know if it's better at all compared to other AGM batteries. If so, it's pretty subtle. In any event, not worth the upcharge.