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Old 11-15-2016, 01:02 PM   #8
mikefocke
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TIP or manual, it makes a difference as the TIP battery capacity spec is actually bigger.

The Porsche battery is nothing special that you should worry about a Porsche branded part. One that fits, has the positive and negative terminals on the correct side, has the right CCA, and is the right size. I once maintained a list of about 20 batteries known to fit.

When I wanted (not needed) a battery in my '01S TIP, I choose an Optima, ordered it by mail, ordered an adapter kit and then needed a slightly longer grounding cable. Big deal, it was what I wanted and took 30 minutes to install including the trip to get the maybe $8 longer cable from Autozone. As it was an AGM, I didn't worry about the vent, just left the tube there in case the next guy wanted to use it. That was years ago and the car is now at least two owners beyond me.

Climb into the frunk to do the install.

I used a CTek battery maintainer through the hibernation periods which I kept as short as possible.
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