New car battery recommendation - Toyota Yaris Forums

honestabe · 12-20-2013, 02:39 AM

Pulling the battery's negative cable only helps if your car has a draw somewhere. The battery naturally discharges over time since it is a chemical reaction. Optima battery's are no longer a good quality battery since they are now made in Mexico and they don't have climate control in their facility. In battery manufacturing climate control is critical (hence why NorthStar puts such a large emphasis on their facility being the same temperature and humidity anywhere in the facility).

AGM batteries are the best option, like the Exide Edge (which comes with a 4 year free replacement warranty). DEKA (aka East Penn) also makes a really high quality maintenance free battery that consistently outperforms what it's rated at. My next battery for my Yaris (3 year old Duracell made by East Penn) is still putting out around 400 CCA's due to propper maintenance.

If ya'll have any battery questions feel free to ask, I sell batteries for a living.

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12-20-2013, 02:39 AM	#19
honestabe The Battery Guru Drives: 08 2-door hatchback 5-speed Join Date: Dec 2013 Location: Mt Vernon, WA Posts: 9	Pulling the battery's negative cable only helps if your car has a draw somewhere. The battery naturally discharges over time since it is a chemical reaction. Optima battery's are no longer a good quality battery since they are now made in Mexico and they don't have climate control in their facility. In battery manufacturing climate control is critical (hence why NorthStar puts such a large emphasis on their facility being the same temperature and humidity anywhere in the facility). AGM batteries are the best option, like the Exide Edge (which comes with a 4 year free replacement warranty). DEKA (aka East Penn) also makes a really high quality maintenance free battery that consistently outperforms what it's rated at. My next battery for my Yaris (3 year old Duracell made by East Penn) is still putting out around 400 CCA's due to propper maintenance. If ya'll have any battery questions feel free to ask, I sell batteries for a living.