This is a heads-up on a battery sale by one of Car Talk’s advertisers. (Their advertisements appear on the lower right-hand side of Car Talk’s forum pages — like the one you are reading now). If the advert does not appear on your screen, then I’ll just say the seller is a national chain of auto parts stores that sells advanced auto parts.
To receive a 20% to 25% discount on their batteries, enter BATX as the promo code when you order on-line for store pick-up. The offer expires 11/30/2011.
Their batteries are made by Johnson Controls in Milwaukee, WI. Johnson Controls is the largest of the three US battery makers and makes more than half of the car batteries sold in the US. (The other two battery manufactures are Exide and East Penn.)
Of hope this post does not break the forum’s posting rules, but I wanted to bring readers attention to what I think is a good deal if you need a battery for winter.