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4th: I hope you enjoy your trip to wherever it is. 
It's a good feeling knowing you will be able to start you car up at 11:30pm rather than even having that as the least little inkling in the back of your mind during your vacation.
It's a good feeling knowing you will be able to start you car up at 11:30pm rather than even having that as the least little inkling in the back of your mind during your vacation.
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Unfortunately, having a 'new' battery is no guarantee that it's going to start your car as new batteries have a fairly high defect rate due to their substantial weight and issues with packaging/handling/shipping them.
Just to be safe, I would install a new battery 5-7 days prior to leaving on a trip as opposed to day of or day before. Typically if a new battery last a week you are out of the woods as far risk of pre-mature failure.
I offer this advise based on my experience buying/selling/warranting hundreds of thousands of batteries through my autos parts stores over the years.
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Unfortunately, having a 'new' battery is no guarantee that it's going to start your car as new batteries have a fairly high defect rate due to their substantial weight and issues with packaging/handling/shipping them.
Just to be safe, I would install a new battery 5-7 days prior to leaving on a trip as opposed to day of or day before. Typically if a new battery last a week you are out of the woods as far risk of pre-mature failure.
I offer this advise based on my experience buying/selling/warranting hundreds of thousands of batteries through my autos parts stores over the years.
Just to be safe, I would install a new battery 5-7 days prior to leaving on a trip as opposed to day of or day before. Typically if a new battery last a week you are out of the woods as far risk of pre-mature failure.
I offer this advise based on my experience buying/selling/warranting hundreds of thousands of batteries through my autos parts stores over the years.
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It's my 3rd Corvette and I've owned over 30 cars in my life and never once replaced a battery that wasn't in need of replacing just because I felt like it was time. Never heard of anyone else doing that either.
I've never had a battery just suddenly fail without warning. If OP was worried, jumper cables are a lot cheaper for peace of mind.
See my avatar. C7 Z06.
I've never had a battery just suddenly fail without warning. If OP was worried, jumper cables are a lot cheaper for peace of mind.
See my avatar. C7 Z06.
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It's my 3rd Corvette and I've owned over 30 cars in my life and never once replaced a battery that wasn't in need of replacing just because I felt like it was time. Never heard of anyone else doing that either.
I've never had a battery just suddenly fail without warning. If OP was worried, jumper cables are a lot cheaper for peace of mind.
See my avatar. C7 Z06.
I've never had a battery just suddenly fail without warning. If OP was worried, jumper cables are a lot cheaper for peace of mind.
See my avatar. C7 Z06.
It's not uncommon for a battery to fail without any warning especially one with age on it, and jumper cables will not always start a car with a failed battery. Cables won't start a car where the battery is shorted out for example.
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Can't recall the last time I ever had to have a car jumped either. I just said having a set of jumper cables in the trunk in case of a battery issue is cheaper than replacing perfectly good batteries.
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Well I guess if you always replace perfectly fine batteries arbitrarily then you wouldn't.
Can't recall the last time I ever had to have a car jumped either. I just said having a set of jumper cables in the trunk in case of a battery issue is cheaper than replacing perfectly good batteries.
Can't recall the last time I ever had to have a car jumped either. I just said having a set of jumper cables in the trunk in case of a battery issue is cheaper than replacing perfectly good batteries.
You appear to be on of those sorts that divides the check out to the last penny, rather than just tossing $40 on the table along with the other folks and leaving in a good mood....
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I'm not a cheap kunt I just don't understand buying car parts that don't need replacing yet.
Sorry (not sorry) if that offends you somehow...
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Here's one clue. Waiting until a critical part fails, means you fail.
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By the way, I changed my battery at 30 mos, and will do it at 36 months on the current one. It has a 42 month expectancy. Cheap insurance considering the cost of a battery.
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I've owned over 30 cars in my life and never once replaced a battery that wasn't in need of replacing just because I felt like it was time. Never heard of anyone else doing that either. I've never had a battery just suddenly fail without warning. If OP was worried, jumper cables are a lot cheaper for peace of mind. C7 Z06.
I have had several batteries fail without warning. A good example was a 4 year old battery in a 2000 Impala. Went to start it one day and heard a loud pop under the hood. Battery completely dead. Looked under the hood and the battery had cracked right down the middle. Jumper cables or a jump box would not have been any help.
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