I use a 790cca Odyssey fmj in the summer and just bought a 590cca battery from Autozone and have a 4 year warranty and it seems to perform better than the oem battery that was killed by my bag setup.
I've got two of those now (in the Group 65 monstrosity size) and they live up to the promises especially still delivering at low states of charge. I left the parking lights on my truck on for 6 hours and it still started. I'm quite happy with them and would now recommend them over the Mexican-production Optima.
EDIT: Confirmed fitment (duh) and ordered the Deka through Batteries Plus. This battery seems to be best fit as its reserve capacity is nearly double that of the Optimas.
I have had excellent results from a Deka Intimidator 9A48 High Performance AGM Battery Deka / Remy part # 9AGM48 installed Dec 2010
I don't recommend anything less than the DEKA ETX-20L for a car that see true street duties. The ETX-14 is 200 CCA @ 12 lbs, and the 4 lbs weight loss isn't worth it for 70 CCA loss on a small battery in charge of starting a car. The ETX-18L does 270 CCA @ 16 lbs and much more suitable for our 4 banger application. The ETX-18 however is the one I recommend to 95% of readers of this thread. It cranks out 300 CCA at 18 lbs, which is still plenty light.
I've always had sucess with the Deka ETX-20L in the DSMs, two EVOs, a Saturn race car, and now the TT (most of them running on E85 which is hard to start on cold winter mornings). As long as you discipline yourself to not run accessories with the engine off, they are a great option!
i did the same thing and i couldnt be happier.
I had an Optima 5 or 6 years ago but I heard the quality has went down and the warranty isn't as good as it used to be. I picked up a Deka intimidator deep cycle battery and It's by far the best battery I've owned.
I got a deka 15 and i love it
I ran an Odyssey mini battery in my weekend car, any longer than 2 weeks without driving would drain it. I wouldn't really recommend a mini battery for a daily, if your car doesn't start after 2-3 tries, you might be stuck lol.
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