battery question
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Safety Car
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From: Louisville KY
Why replace something that is working fine? My AC Delco orginal battery in my 03 has 31k on it. I have never used a battery tender. It works fine.
I think on the CF it becomes the "in thing" to bash an item, or an "in thing" to buy a certain item. I had a AC Delco battery (side post) in my 97 Z-28. I got 5 years and 64K out of it. It started that LT1 in -21 degrees one winter.
I have an off brand battery in my 68 Camaro (which gets driven maybe 1K a year) it is 7 years old. Never had a battery tender on it. I can go out to the garage right now, poor a little gas into the carb and it will fire right up.
I think on the CF it becomes the "in thing" to bash an item, or an "in thing" to buy a certain item. I had a AC Delco battery (side post) in my 97 Z-28. I got 5 years and 64K out of it. It started that LT1 in -21 degrees one winter.
I have an off brand battery in my 68 Camaro (which gets driven maybe 1K a year) it is 7 years old. Never had a battery tender on it. I can go out to the garage right now, poor a little gas into the carb and it will fire right up.
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From: Gilbert AZ
I dont understand why so many people change there batteries so early. My 01 vette sometimes sits for 2 weeks between drives and it sits all winter. All i do is unhook the battery for winter hook it up and fire her up, never once a problem. My 97 cavalier has the origional delco battey my kid has the car at school, sits for 2 weeks sometimes in Chicago winter fires right up for him. 94 Camaro had origional battery until we changed it in 2002. I think many people change there batteries for no reason, IMO when my car sits for a week or so and the battery is dead Ill replace it. My boat is a 97 and this year the battery finally crapped out and its probally because we have a big stereo in it and the amps run the battery down alot while the boat isnt running
"If it ain't broken, don't fix it" comes to mind...
