Battery for 996?

[smankow]

Chris K., good call on the Diehard. 

After WAYYYYYY too much time spent on getting a battery, I was all set to get the Deka glass mat battery (similar to Optima gel) except they have the same issue as the Optima - no easy, simple way to secure it to the car.  I even was going to get the regular Deka, but the mfg. sent the wrong batteries to the store.

So, I went with the Diehard International (48 series).  It mounts right onto the existing battery tray (one spot in from the OEM) and comes with a vent attachment.  The installation took very little time, no additional expense to install the battery and no fabrication.  I would have done this weeks ago, but I figured why bother - the weather sucked and I couldn't drive the car anyway.

Now, let's hope for decent weather this weekend so I can finally drive my car.