suggest a good battery for my 1991 civic hatchback? (manual). i live in boulder, co so cold is much more a concern than heat.

i'm really not sure what size to get, and can't find info online.

consumer reports just did a review in november and they seem to like the walmart everstart in these sizes:
GROUP SIZE 24/24F
GROUP SIZE 34/78
GROUP SIZE 35

and the duralast in this
GROUP SIZE 65



is it one of these sizes or something different i should use? i know very little about cars. i just want to put something in that is a good price and works. what should i get? WHAT SIZE???????????

 

i would just get the same size that you have now. if you live in a colder place, make sure the batterie you choose has a high cca(cold cranking amps)

 

exactly what striker says the highter cca's the better. just bring your battery in or some overall measurements in and get one that is close in size also the same terminal style usually helps unless you want to change styles. but good luck

 

buy a yellow topped optima, they are the bomb digity.

 

optima yellow top like ^he sead..i have one but i have the bigger size and had to custom fit in in, it will be expensive but you wont be dissipointed..one of the best batterys on the markit

 

I have a 91 hatchback and I just replaced the battery.
We have a sam's club here in indiana and I bought mine
for 38 bucks. Walmart has good batterys, just look in the book and get the right
number it calls for . there are two different types one has the pos and neg
posts opposite from the other one. the cables are long enough that either
type will work. Batterys are rated in ampere hours or cranking capacity
buy the one that has the highest rating.
Since you said you don't know much about cars let me give you a tip.
when you take the old battery out get some sandpaper and clean all the terminals
to the point that they are shiny. This is on the ends of the wires you just took off
not the terminals themselves. clean the bolts also that holds all the wires together
and put them back on tight with a wrench. Then get some new grease and coat the
terminals with the grease. this will keep them from corroding in the future.
the terminals and wires must be clean to keep the battery charged and to
provide best cranking power. Another tip in a cold climate would be to use
synthetic oil in the engine. Castrol syntec is what I use. It has a -65 deg
pour point. All regular oils are frozen solid at about 0 degrees which makes starting
very difficult. We have had 0 degrees here in indiana already and my old honda kicks right off
every time.