Dan doesn't care about the weight, long cables do
not make more heat (
), #0 or #1 cable looses
zero 'efficiency' (
) and yes; late cars need not remove a v cover-only
have to jack and pull r/f wheel to get batt out, 
I gave you guys answer to the test---27 years and
NO such horrors from a trunk battery.
I'm off your case Dan-I'll leave you to the scientists in the community...