She's finally dead...
06-30-2013, 03:06 PM
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She's finally dead...
She started her life 10 yrs. and 7 days ago in a '03 coupe that was born June 23, 2003, the last day of production I am told...She has never failed me, but today nothing but a final good bye "click".
I was told this would happen some day...but I had hoped not so soon..
A pic of her vitals right after here last moment..
RIP my dear...Thanks for the memories...
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I was told this would happen some day...but I had hoped not so soon..
A pic of her vitals right after here last moment..
RIP my dear...Thanks for the memories...
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06-30-2013, 03:09 PM
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got your moneys worth and it didn't leak to kill the BCM either
06-30-2013, 06:47 PM
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06-30-2013, 07:02 PM
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Pretty good service for a battery!
06-30-2013, 09:32 PM
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My Delco which was mfg in Dec 03 was so good I replaced it with another. I still have the original in the garage and put a trickle charge on it once a week. I keep it for a back up. It is 9.5 years old and all that time spent in Florida where the heat is hard on them.
My 2000 is on her third battery.
06-30-2013, 10:12 PM
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I'd be happy with 10 years from a battery. Yours held up very well.
06-30-2013, 10:18 PM
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From the title of the post I was afraid I was going to read about a wife, or Mother, or Mother-In-Law, or cat, or dog .... glad it's just your battery.
06-30-2013, 10:43 PM
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Nice! Now don't mess with perfection. Go out and buy another AC Delco 7 Year professional battery. The C5 model loves them or maybe it's an MSG thing.
I had my original OEM battery 7 years, but decided to proactively swap mine out after upgrading my stereo system and external/internal lighting to HID/LEDs. I live in Florida, so heat can cause a sudden death in batteries and I thought I was already pressing my luck.
I had my original OEM battery 7 years, but decided to proactively swap mine out after upgrading my stereo system and external/internal lighting to HID/LEDs. I live in Florida, so heat can cause a sudden death in batteries and I thought I was already pressing my luck.
07-01-2013, 03:30 AM
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Melting Slicks
And I'm coming into this thinking there was an accident! haha Nice run you had with that. I'm sure it will be missed.
Lost a little value though.... cars with the original battery fetch a premium!
Lost a little value though.... cars with the original battery fetch a premium!
07-01-2013, 06:57 AM
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Nice!
If I were you I would get the same battery, hands down!
Thanks,Matt
07-01-2013, 12:31 PM
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I think if you grab the terminals with both hands, you'll find that it's not completely dead.
If you're not a self-starter and are using a pacemaker, it's possible that the dead one ends up being you. <g>
dan k.
If you're not a self-starter and are using a pacemaker, it's possible that the dead one ends up being you. <g>
dan k.