Battery OPTIMA or OEM Audi

I have a VR6 swap that Sal at S&P did for me and we used an Optima Red Top.

I've had an Optima battery for several years. Still cranks my G20 van as if were brand new.????

I run optimas because of the extreme temps here. Can be -40 outside and over 120 in the summers. They've been great for my old 454 powered truck.

I’ve had mine in for about 3 or four years. The only thing I’ve noticed is I don’t have to change my battery every year now.

I had an Optima battery in my 2006 WRX for about 7 or 8 years before deciding to replace it with another Opitima battery. I ran that second Optima battery for about 5 or 6 years before trading in the vehicle towards a 2021 WRX. The OEM battery may end up turning over just fine when the temperature is -20F'ish, but Optima batteries have never let me down in the past.

Bought the Optima, not yet installed. Have had good luck with them, 5 yrs or more each,

While I did that I went ahead and grabbed a Red Top Optima Battery. Got everything back together, it turns over great but it doesn't spark.

I have only had poor luck with optimas

At 126,000 miles in 2016, we had the battery replaced with an Optima yellow top dry battery. It lasted around 2 years and was replaced in September of 2018 under warranty. Today, my car suddenly wouldn't start, and after getting a jump and going to Autozone, it showed the battery had zero charge. They didn't have another yellow top, so I got a wet battery, one of the only ones available. What sucks is I checked the warranty date and it expired 4 days ago. I'm quite disappointed that the average life I've seen with these are under 3 years.

my optima red top died after 3.5 years and 4800 miles. When it wasn’t driven, I had the battery disconnected. For a $240 battery, I’m extremely disappointed. FWIW, the battery was in a restomod 66 mustang. I bought it in March 2018, and the warranty expired in March 2021.