Re: Battery lifespan

On Wed, 05 Mar 2008 08:19:55 GMT, Moses Lim
<hyspeed@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

>Had to change the battery on the 04 Lancer ES today. First time since
new.
>NRMA bloke told me that a normal battery for me car has about 350amps and
>my one was reading 88amps. So time to change.
>
>I was also told by another fellow that a 3yo battery is due for
replacement
>anyway. I tort they lasted a bit longer than 3 years, say 8years or so?
Or
>am I too optimistic? :)
>
>I can't stop trolls from getting into this post but I am genuinely
>interested in battery lifespans in a motoring sorta way :)

Also on a Lancer (Dec. 98 model), I had to fit one in Feb 03; it died
6 months later and was replaced under warranty. 13 months after that
the bastard died again. (September 04.) The new one lasted a bit over
2 1/2 years (May 07), and that one's still in there. 

So my observation is... highly variable, but 8 years is probably
optimistic.