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My car's current battery is a Sears Die Hard that has outlasted the original factory-installed one. Even though the battery is old (and I've had it tested), the people at Sears tell me it's still holding a good charge and has a lot of life left in it. However, before the colder weather begins in earnest, I'm going to have it tested again, for my own peace of mind.
Batteries can last a long time or go out in a short time. Not all batteries even the same brand are eqaul. They are mean to stay fully charged but as time goesd they can lose capactiy. They can laos have a shorted ceel and heat is very hard on them. I juts replace evry three years and remove the battery and clean it and the compartment holding it every year.
I don't mess with batteries....5 years and I replace 'em. In my experience they seldom give advance warning that they are about to go. Like I'll start the car and go to work....go to leave 8 hours later and....nuthin.
And everytime I've waited until they died...it was the middle of the night, in a bad neighborhood. Not worth the risk for a lousy 70 or 80 bucks!
I used a optima battery and yet to have a problem with it
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what ever is factory installed in my 2001 impala has been in the desert every year and cranked up like normal in northern Wisconsin after a night of 50 below wind chill in the winter of 2007, a repairman told me it was original equipment, I have it tested once a month when I change oil, so far so good,
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