I have had more than one red Optima in my daily driver in the past few years. I know that some guys have had nothing but good luck with them, but my luck has not been so stellar. In the past eight years, I have gone through 3 of the red Optima -- two were absolute turkeys, and the final one that is in the Jeep now is 6 years old; so definitely a mixed bag. I read in Consumer Reports that the best battery made today readily available -- you guessed it correctly; WalMart lead acid batteries. Scary I say......
If you ditch the red Optima and try a lead acid battery, I will totally understand.
Mark
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