Car guys: please recommend a place to get a cheap car battery

[jd1020]

Originally Posted by duncan_idaho

I'd recommend calling ahead. Went to O'Reilly's yesterday and ended up dropping $150 because the mid level batteries were all sold out. Same thing at the nearby autozone.

Did you try Sears?

Most of those batteries come from the same damn factory and are just rebadged.

Sears, Autozone, some of the Walmart batteries (MAXX batteries I think), and whoever carries the Interstate batteries are all made by Johnson, not sure about O'Reilly but I'd bet they are too. I usually get one from Sears because they offer the best warranty, same as Autozone but its usually a little cheaper at Sears. I stay away from Interstate because their prorate kicks in after 2 years, compared to 3, and they are always like $20 more expensive, which I find reeruned.