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From: hls on 24 May 2010 10:57 "john" <johngdole(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message news:e035a912-0f0c-46bc-90c6-772d04810cbb(a)j36g2000prj.googlegroups.com... Many stores think they're helping the consumers by using simplified numbers instead of approved Group numbers by Battery Council International (BCI). Groups 35 and 34 are smaller batteries. So if your car can take a 24F, I'd get the Duralast Gold battery from Autozone. It has very good performance numbers and an 8yr prorated/3yr replacement warranty. It's about $90. The mid-grade Duralast is about $80 with 8yr/3yr warranty.I wouldn't go less than that (Valucraft). Duralast Gold: 935CA, 750CCA, 130min reserve capacity ********* I googled it and found this answer to my own question: "Johnson Controls makes Diehard (Sears), Duralast (AutoZone), Interstate, Kirkland (Costco), Motorcraft (Ford), and some EverStarts. "
From: SMS on 24 May 2010 16:44 On 16/05/10 9:21 AM, Wes wrote: > I have a question about Kirkland brand battery for Camry (the > replacement seems to fit lots of Toyota models: 24F type, Costco > replacement number 8). This morning my 2005 Camry (4 cyl) could not > start, it started on boost from another car, so I have assumed the > battery needs to be changed. On Sunday our Toyota dealer is closed, > so next choice was Costco - Kirkland brand. After replacing the > battery everything seems to be fine. They have 3 year replacement > policy (Ontario-Canada - cold winters), so I think this is pretty > good. Any opinions as to the general quality of this particular brand? I've been using them for years. I just got a new one for my 4Runner under the 3 year warranty. Unlike most places, this is not a pro-rated warranty. There's a pro-rated warranty in addition to the the 3 year replacement warranty. This is the first one I've replaced within the three year period, the others went much longer. Actually it's not a replacement warranty, they just refund your money and you can go buy another one which may not be the same price as your original. Batteries are very high margin items, and I guess Johnson Controls credits Costco so I guess that's how they can afford to do this, but it seems excessively generous.
From: Bob Smitter on 24 May 2010 17:46 Does Johnson Controls also make Interstate batteries?
From: hls on 5 Jun 2010 16:50
"Bob Smitter" <bsmitter(a)nospamcox.net> wrote in message news:ssCKn.38616$_84.4638(a)newsfe18.iad... > Does Johnson Controls also make Interstate batteries? > I posted above a list of Johnson Controls renames , and Interstate is among them. |