i've got an Interstate but the Duralast Gold is in my parents' cars and it's workin fine for them.

 

its a great battery . . its been a few days now and i notice the pitch of the crank has changed while starting . . its more high pitched now and starts off with just one crank . . loooove it

 

haha i somehow found this thread, and i realized that I had said i would update 2 years later....so...here i am

its been about 2 years since I've had the duralast gold in my car. everything is still working fine. Every once in a while, the turning takes a bit before ignition starts, but aside from that, its been good.

hopefully this helps anyone who is looking up for a new battery. however i might try a Bosch battery next.

 

^^bump! I just bought a Duralast battery at Autozone for $100. I exchanged my old for the new, and saved like $12.99 It took me 10 min to install it.
I had my OEM battery that lasted more than seven years.

 

Just got #1 rated here..Bosch premium 35-640B. Only at Pep Boys though.

http://forums.nasioc.com/forums/show...07&postcount=1

2009 Consumer Reports test results for Group 35:
From link above
I have a suscription to Consumer Reports...they reviewed batteries last month...thought I'd pass along the results for specifically our batteries...Group 35:

1. Bosch Premium Power 35-640B

2. Duralast Gold 35-DLG

3. EverStart Maxx-35N (North)

4. DieHard Gold 33035 (North)

5. Kirkland Signature 12865

6. NAPA Legend Premium 8435

7. EverStart Maxx-35S (South)

8. AutoCraft Titanium 35-2

9. Interstate Mega-Tron-PLUS MTP-35

10. Duralast N/A 35-DL

11. DieHard Gold 33135 (South)

 

nice


where do you get the bosch though ??

 

Top of his post, Bosch is available through Pep-boys.

I'm loving my Optima 51R. Smaller/lighter than the OEM with more power.

 

Have you had any issues with the Optima? How long have you been running it?

I've had the Duralast Gold close to 2 yrs now and no issues at all. I've gone up to 3 months w/o starting the car and it'll start on the first crank. I've had every Optima you can think of and for some odd reason they won't last me more than a year. I'm currently upgrading my system so I want something that will power everything up perfectly and not give me any issues. I was looking into the Interstate but after Ronn1's post I'm contemplating once again.

Ronn1 how's the battery working out for you?

 

Randomly came upon this thread that I started 7 years ago.

Just as an update, my duralast gold battery is now done. Having trouble starting up. I havent't started the car in about a month so I know that's part of the problem, but i'm having trouble starting it even with a jumpstarter.

I think 7 years is good enough time on the battery anyway. I will probably be buying this again

 

Seeing that the Duralast Gold battery lasted you 7 years and maybe by now they have even done some upgrades/updates to their batteries, ima definitely be picking one up tomorrow 👍🏽