Best battery I ever had was a Motorcraft from the Frod stealer when I
bought my Escort Dissel. The car was used for a few months. It was
a yr old and had set on the lot for at least 6 months, and they let
the battery run down. They put in a new battery and I never even saw
the battery for several years until I stored the car when we moved to
HI. I wanted to take the battery out for storage so I had to find
it. That motorcraft battery lasted 9 years. 2 of them were just
sitting on a 2x6. I was sure it would be nothing but a core after
two years, but i put it in the car and it fired right up. I used for
a couple more years after that.
That is as close to a new car battery I have been. OE batteries used
to be good, but i suppose the bean counters found out they could buy
half a battery for 3/4 the price, so they bought em.
Contrary to woger's experience, I never got more than a year out of a
die-easy. Maybe they last longer in hanger queens. I am not sure
why woger thinks a battery is related to accumulators. In MB land,
accumulators are part of the SLS suspension. Maybe for the
non-moving porch, accumulator means battery. But then why would you
need a battery for a porch? Unfortunately the die-easy battery is as
bad as the other junk snears sells.
I've had fair service out of FLAPS group 49 batteries from oreally?
5-6 years is not uncommon.
> ..I did not take into account that new cars are sold with garbage
battery. No need to have another garbage battery go in...
I don't think they are. Kia or Hyundai very likely buy their batteries by
the millions and on average likely last a long time. Some don't.
My 2008 C300's production date was Sept 2007 and it's AGM battery is still
operating normally. One of these days it won't be and likely with no
warning. That's what happened with my 2001 C320. One morning it
wouldn't crank fast
enough to start so I gave it a one hour charge, got it going and headed to
the dealer for a replacement. $110 or so installed, as I recall. With a
warranty.
Long ago I did get ten years out of a Sears Diehard in my 914-6 and when it
became slow to crank after a month of inactivity, I replaced it. The
original German battery in my '78 300D failed at just under four
years so it got a
Sears battery which lasted another five years when I sold it.
RLE
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