Tom Walker wrote in a message to Roy J. Tellason:

-> TW> A Local has them advertized at about $115. That is about Three
-> TW> times the price I would pay for a car battery.

-> Three times?  What are you driving these days?

TW> I have two Subaru's and ht Chev S10 Pickup.

Hm,  I would guess group 25 or 35 for the cars,  maybe 24 (cheaper),  and a
75 or 78 for the pickup,  though possibly a 70 would work in there...

-> Much of what's out there,  and what's been out there since about 
-> the mid-1980s has tended toward requiring somewhat higher CCA in a 
-> somewhat lower-profile package.

 TW>  Being in Sunny Southern California I don't pay any atention to CCA
 TW> ratings.  I buy for Lowest Price.  :-)  :-)

I tend to think that number is somewhat over-rated myself,  but it's also a
marketing gimmick,  so it's not always that easy to find the lower numbers
if you don't feel that you need that much.  The one I ended up with in my
car is a prime example,  I think it's 675 CCA,  and that's not even the
highest rated one they had there.  I don't think I could've gone much
lower.  And if I'd gone back to where I used to work instead,  I could
have,  but it would only have saved me maybe $10 if that.

 TW> But even at $40 for a battery that is close to 1/3 rd of the Price 
 TW> of the Highly Hyped Gell Cell batteries.

True.

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