Apparently you have never spent a real winter in Texas.FL450 wrote:The only thing I might add is as far as I know the lower cranking amp batterys have thicker plates therfore hold up longer in our Texas heat.
The higher cranking amp batterys have thiner plates to get more plates for higher amperage which is not needed in our Texas winters therfore dont last as long. If this is indeed true than cheaper is better.
From about 100 miles south of Dallas on north to the northend of the Panhandle, Say Perryton, it gets just a WEE bit colder. Negative 25° F is not unheard of, without the wind chill. Though temps between 0° and 20°F with wind chills down to -35°F are more common.
I once spent a winter in Yankee Land (Connecticut). Poor Yankees. I froze them out in the winter and roasted them out in the summer. Boss asked me about the cold. I told him to spend a winter in the Texas Panhandle.
