I had a red top that I left the key on for about a week and drained. Had to charge by putting it in series with an old school battery. Alt simply won't charge a dead one, no matter how long you drive. I wonder how many of the bad ones got drained and the guy didn't know about that?

Worked fine for over a year after I did that and was fine when I sold the car. Bought mine in 2008. Ran another in a daily driver from 2006 to 2008 when I sold that car. No problems. I got mine at AZ or Advance.