NAPA's answer to Optima battery

[deloreanernst@xxxx]

In a message dated 2/11/01 2:19:10 PM Eastern Standard Time, raddad@xxxx 
writes:

<< I do know, however, that the maintenance free batteries from NAPA, EXIDE, 
INTERSTATE and OPTIMA all fit in the space very nicely and have both top and 
side posts on them. >>

I called my local NAPA guy a few days ago and he was at a loss to identify 
their equivalent to the Optima Red Top. So I got the Optima for $169. 
(gulp!) at a different place. Today the NAPA guy got back to me. Theirs is 
the "NASCAR Select Orbital Battery," part number 9934/78 and he listed a 
price of $124.99 Looks like the Optima, (like a six pack) and uses the 
same type of design: six independent spiral cells in a heavy duty case, low 
self discharge rate, side and top terminals. He doesn't carry them in stock 
but could get them. Two year free, 84 mo. pro rata replacement. The Optima 
has a "two year" warranty, but I'm not sure if it is the exact same as the 
NAPA. Two years doesn't sound very long if it's pro rata! (Declining 
percentage of reimbursement.) 

-Wayne A. Ernst
The New DeLorean Manuals Project
vin 11174