Put in battery #4 last nite. Couple of grumbles: besides the fact I've owned it less than 4 years and have put in 2 batteries now, I have some beefs with Autozone now as well.
FYI, All, Autozone has raised battery prices and reduced warranties. Prices on red batteries, have been climbing up - now $100. They were $82 3 years ago. And, red batteries only have a 2 year free replacement,
NO Pro-rata warranty past 2 years. Since batteries in the Mz5 tend to last about 3 years, that makes it a $100 throwaway battery. So you have to pay $120 for a 35D battery, which <pros> have better specs incl much better CCA, but <cons> is over 1" taller. Anyone who has already wrestled with the positive pole knows that the cables barely fit over the pole on the shorter batteries. Well, it did fit - BARELY with some work. All this was done near or below freezing, outside, with a good wind. Our weathercasters don't know what wind chill is, so I can't report what it was like, but bare hands, metal and grungy clothes so that battery acid won't burn holes in my winter gear summed up a night that was almost as bad as snow camping Fri nite at 8000' in 10" snow at temps between 9F and 19F.
