Hello. I know this is an old thread, but I don't see an icon anywhere to start a new thread and I have looked and looked, even listened to the new member video. Anyway, I very much need a new car battery. I have a 1997 Toyota Corolla(yes, old) automatic, with a 1.6 L engine, cylinder that takes a size 35 battery. I know this will sound like a silly question, but I am getting conflicting information from Pep Boys. First told that the Optima Red Top battery(size 35) would be just fine. Now spoke to another person and she even checked with another person and they said it has too much "power" for my car. The Optima battery has a CA of 910 and a CCA of 720. I specifically want that battery since supposedly tolerates deep discharges well. I don't drive that much so thought that would be a good idea. It supposedly also handles vibrations well and since my car is old and kind of rusty does have some vibration and it gets cold here in Chicago so thought the high CCA would be good. What do you all think? Do you think it would somehow hurt my car?
Thanks,
Lujan