Batteries...

[roccit_53 at scirocco.cs.uoguelph.ca (C Boyko)]

On 1:27 am 07/14/06 "Brian Haygood" <haygood@myway.com> wrote:
>
> Is your positive terminal on the passenger side of your battery and
> toward the rear of the car?  This is the type of battery your VW wants,
> and is not the standard format for a battery.  If you have an Optima or
> something, the regular battery cables basically won't fit.
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> BH


You CAN order Optimas with the right configuration for any vehicle, I
discovered this after suffering with a weak excuse for a battery in my bug
for years. The new one is not only small enough to fit the small spot
allotted for it, but has the terminals on the correct (wrong) sides (And
has OOODLES of juice to crank over the TDI!!). FWIW, a New Beetle battery
fits a Rocco real nicely for shape too, it MAY just be the Red Top to order
if you go that route. I'll be there real soon, I'm guessing, the 16V's
getting pukey to start again, and grounds all look good.
Cathy