[FWB]

a battery engineer explained battery construction to me, he was working for interstate, i didn't pay too much attention but the jist of it was the construction method of how the plates are affixed inside the battery was changed by most of the manufacturers, they had a bean counter tell them they could save money was the story i heard.....anyway what happens is now the plates sometimes touch inadvertently and shorts the battery, sometimes it still starts the car but other times its not as nice as cases exploding or acid puking out the top.

truth? who knows but it's what i heard......he did say he stayed at a holiday inn express, so it must be true