Just bought a refurb battery for my car $28. Parents recommended it, they've bought several batteries from there for trucks and other cars all $28. The sell marine batteries too for a bit more. The one i bought had 600Amps and another my parents told tale of had 800Amps. Of course this place is not nearby but in Sanford NC. Anybody know a great place in Raleigh, Cary, or Durham where I can get this same/similar deal. Oh yeah it has a 1yr free replacement warranty. No other warranty though.

1/7/2010 8:27:22 PM

Interstate in Garner sells them for about that, $35 or so if I remember. Great if you just need a regular top post. I don't keep my junk long enough to justify the purchase of a new battery...though I have gone through 2 on the motorcycle already.

http://maps.google.com/maps?oe=utf-8&client=firefox-a&ie=UTF8&q=interstate+battery+garner+nc&fb=1&gl=us&hq=interstate+battery&hnear=garner+nc&cid=0,0,17227831337377983821&ei=6JFGS5GkN4WUlAek6owP&ved=0CAgQnwIwAA&ll=35.721622,-78.633142&spn=0.008937,0.018175&z=16&iwloc=A

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1/7/2010 9:00:51 PM

they have deep cycle marine batteries?

1/7/2010 9:10:10 PM

Probably not, but you could call them. It's a warehouse.

1/7/2010 9:11:09 PM

I have a lightweight dry cell racing battery I'd let go for $50, if anybody's interested...

1/7/2010 11:11:35 PM

they offer a 6 month warranty on some of their refurbs too, i got one just yesterday for 32 bux

1/8/2010 12:47:33 AM

my brother bought a couple of outdated "seconds" for one of our tractors at the exide plant outside of Raleigh for 35 dollars each. They turned out to be good batteries.

1/8/2010 1:31:38 AM

I might have to hit these people up.

1/8/2010 10:22:52 AM

the place in Sanford is Southeast Auto...something, its on Wicker street. I believe they have marine batteries for 32 or $35. Golf cart batteries and a bunch of other stuff I dont have a use for yet.

1/8/2010 4:21:21 PM

go to the exide dist in clayton, behind the rental place on Powahatan rd. on thursdays from 1-4. $28 batteries, bring a core. They are batteries that have set on a shelf too long but have never been run. I think its a great deal, I bought 5 including two 1100 cca gel batteries, the bigger ones cost a little more. I dont know how cool it would be for a first line vehicle, we used them in tractors and shit.

1/12/2010 7:45:46 PM

My 685 CCA isn't cutting it up here in Chicago, I would love to find an 850+ CCA battery on the cheap but will probably just get a new one the first time it gets too cold to start this year. The only time it didnt start last year was when we had a -20 degree day, that shit was brutal, but it cranked right up that weekend when it warmed up to the brisk single digits.

1/12/2010 11:24:58 PM

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"my brother bought a couple of outdated "seconds" for one of our tractors at the exide plant outside of Raleigh for 35 dollars each. They turned out to be good batteries."

isnt the exide plant in Clayton?

1/13/2010 4:52:26 PM

^^try the sears platinum. i think it's diehard brand or something. it's just a optima with a different color case and different stickers. you'll pay dearly for it, but the dakota turns over like never before since i put one in. i could tell a huge difference the first time i cranked it up after putting it in. has a long warranty too.

1/13/2010 6:04:56 PM

^ you almost got that right- but not sure how it is relevant to the thread.

Most Sears auto centers carry the Group 31 Diehard Platinum, which is a rebranded Odyssey P2150C (IIRC). If you can fit a 31, then it's a great choice at $100 cheaper than the actual Odyssey version but still, it runs $190. Also, it weighs 80-85 lbs and the lazy Sears employees won't pick it up for you.

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