i love Optima batteries - had one in my e30 m3 ... didn't put one in my coupe, i just went with a Bosch because it was available locally in the right size. the only Optima locally available was one of the Optima batteries that could be used with top or side terminals .... and i didn't want that version. as i remember, the shipping of the individual optima batteries created many of the negative comments on the Optima batteries. might be different now ... but that's the way it was 4 years ago and i needed a battery right away.