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echo: automotive
to: Tom Walker
from: Mark Hofmann
date: 2012-09-19 15:32:56
subject: Re: Batteries again.

TW> MH>I just checked my logged on battery replacements on the Monte Carlo.
TW> 
TW> MH>2002 - Monte was new.
TW> MH>Oct 2005 - Replaced battery - 60k miles.
TW> MH>Sept 2009 - Replaced battery - 120k miles - w/Sears Diehard Gold
TW> MH>Sept 2012 - Battery needs to be replaced - 171k miles.
TW> 
TW> That is not bad at all. I would be happy with that.

I wish I had logged the brand of battery that I used to replace the
original/factory Monte Carlo battery.  That one lasted 4 years, but all the
rest were 3 years on the nose.  

For some reason, I thought it was normal years ago to get 5-7 years out of
a car battery.  

- Mark

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