jamiethekiller wrote:is it a walmart brand battery?

yea, the house brand, everstart

Napalm wrote:have any of you guys bought your car battery from walmart? seems legit actually, might do it since its the cheapest price around

they sell an interstate battery which was top of the consumer reports list for batteries. at least they did a few years back when i got one there.

heard the caps and plates are made from the bones of low income workers

Napalm wrote:have any of you guys bought your car battery from walmart? seems legit actually, might do it since its the cheapest price around

I've got walmart batteries in both of my cars. No complaints. The one in my wife's car was registering low cold crank amps per our mechanic, and it was under warranty still, so i took it to walmart and they replaced it with no question really.

heard dat

Houshphandzadeh wrote:heard the caps and plates are made from the bones of low income workers

Bucky wrote:

Napalm wrote:have any of you guys bought your car battery from walmart? seems legit actually, might do it since its the cheapest price around

they sell an interstate battery which was top of the consumer reports list for batteries. at least they did a few years back when i got one there.

yea, they seem to have a large and varied battery center and i'm reading nothing but good reviews. apparently everstart is made by another high end name brand battery maker.

Bill McNeal wrote:

Napalm wrote:have any of you guys bought your car battery from walmart? seems legit actually, might do it since its the cheapest price around

I've got walmart batteries in both of my cars. No complaints. The one in my wife's car was registering low cold crank amps per our mechanic, and it was under warranty still, so i took it to walmart and they replaced it with no question really.

good to hear. i always take advantages of warranties anyway, will probably do so with this in 2 years. i'll pick one up today and I think I can save on the core charge by dumping my old one on them.

I'm gonna have to get a new car fml

buy a walmart brand car

A used car would probably work just as well

/bucky

That's the plan. Someone donate me a minivan or scooter

WheelsFellOff wrote:A used car would probably work just as well

/bucky

no way josie.

i'm a brand new car advocate. then keep it forever. constant disagreement with the wife. my 13 year old "new" car has now lived beside 4 of her used "all the value is lost in the first two years" cars.

buy the 2 year old car. My truck was 2, almost 3 years old when I bought it 11 years ago.

Napalm wrote:

Bill McNeal wrote:

Napalm wrote:have any of you guys bought your car battery from walmart? seems legit actually, might do it since its the cheapest price around

I've got walmart batteries in both of my cars. No complaints. The one in my wife's car was registering low cold crank amps per our mechanic, and it was under warranty still, so i took it to walmart and they replaced it with no question really.

good to hear. i always take advantages of warranties anyway, will probably do so with this in 2 years. i'll pick one up today and I think I can save on the core charge by dumping my old one on them.

Yup they will refund the core charge, but not at the same time you buy the battery for some dumbass reason. I just got one about two weeks ago for my car and I brought my old battery in and they still charged me the core charge then I had to take my old battery back through to get it refunded. It's not a big deal really, but it's just dumb they can't do it in one transaction.

Bucky wrote:

WheelsFellOff wrote:A used car would probably work just as well

/bucky

no way josie.

i'm a brand new car advocate. then keep it forever. constant disagreement with the wife. my 13 year old "new" car has now lived beside 4 of her used "all the value is lost in the first two years" cars.

That's my strategy, but that only works if you can afford a new car.

Additionally, if you already know what car you're getting, you should consider how well the brand holds it's value used. I was recently shopping for Toyotas, and I was surprised at how expensive the used cars were relative to brand new. I would want to save more than 20% to buy a used car with 40k miles on it.

Yeah used Camrys and Civics sell real well

HWGA

I'm not concerned about resale. 'cause I ain't selling it until it's a beater.

but if you're buying a Camry or Civic you should just buy new because there's little benefit to buying used in those cases

Bucky wrote:HWGA

I'm not concerned about resale. 'cause I ain't selling it until it's a beater.

That's what I meant -- I got 2K and 3K for a nearly beater-caliber Camry and Civic in recent years. People overvalue them when they're used, which makes them a relatively good buy new

my budget is like 6000 max. this is going to be terrible