[elky] Re: Longest-lasting car battery?
- From: Chris Lindh <chrislindh@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: elky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 21 Nov 2009 11:25:10 -0500
Interesting story about batteries: my stepfather's father bought a
lifetime warranty battery from J. C. Penny. Eventually Sears took
over the auto business from J. C.... he always got the top of the line
battery as a replacement since they knew it had to last... sad ending
though, my stepfather's son sold the '68 Chevy truck the battery was
in for pennies... if he had any sense he would have at least kept the
battery & the paperwork.
...another one on batteries... while we were at SEMA the mother-in-law
had a dead battery in our Infiniti (she was at our house watching the
boys). Her comment about it: "Cars seem to have dead batteries around
me". Translation: she leaves doors open, ignitions not all the way
off, etc. At least she's learned to jump a car off...
...and you all know my story on batteries... battery acid sucks, gel
cell is the only way... and as for longevity ask me again in 5 years
or so, I've yet to have an Optima die and mine are 5 years old, 3
years old and the one in the Volvo is at least 3 years old.
--
Chris Lindh
http://www.PartsForSpeed.com
On Sat, Nov 21, 2009 at 10:01 AM, ladams21@xxxxxxxxxxxx
<ladams21@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Hmm well I prefer to buy a cheap battery and replace it more often. A
> new cheap battery is better than a 3 year old really good one.
>
> Longest have had one is the OE one in the century and it lasted 5 years
> which is rare for a OE one.
>
> The best battery I have seen was the one in the 97 yamaha jetski. It
> lasted through 4 years or longer of extreme abuse. They are rough on
> batterys because of all the pounding from hitting waves. It was a Yuasa
> made back when they made them.
>
>
> Robert Adams
>
> The last Sunday of August (August 30, 2009), I had to buy a new battery for
> my 1981 Monte Carlo SC. I've owned this car since December 1999 (when I
> bought it from my parents) and have not previously replaced the battery
> during my time as owner. The old battery was a GM/AC Delco battery.
>
>
> So ... I asked Dad to look through his records to find out when that
> battery was installed. He looked and found that it was bought and
> installed February 4, 1997. The '81 MC SC had 167,000 miles at that time.
> When I replaced that battery, the car had 192,000 miles.
>
>
> Thus ... that GM/AC Delco battery lasted over 12.5 years ... and 25,000
> miles.
>
>
> What is the longest a battery has lasted in your car(s)?
>
>
>
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>
> Cort | 36swm.IL | "Mr Monte Carlo"."Mr Road Trip" | pig valve.pacemaker
> ...radio show, Dec 09
> WRMNshowcase.legos.HO.models.MCs.RTs.CHD = http://www.chevyasylum.com/cort
> "Nothing lasts forever" ... Guns N Roses ... 'November Rain'
>
>
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