What is the Longest Life of your Car Battery?

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my suspicion is,
it's not so much the battery, as it is the car's charging system and the use of the car (sunny, daytime driving versus rainy, night-time driving, long highway drive versus stop-and-go edsa driving).

my car is an old toyota corolla (1990 model) smallbody, its my daily drive car. I drive 40-45 mins. going to work in the morning and about the same travel time at 6pm going home. Alternator is a surplus that came from a honda car, my daily route is always at the mabuhay lanes with only about 500 meters of edsa...what do you think Doc?

[dr. d]

my car is an old toyota corolla (1990 model) smallbody, its my daily drive car. I drive 40-45 mins. going to work in the morning and about the same travel time at 6pm going home. Alternator is a surplus that came from a honda car, my daily route is always at the mabuhay lanes with only about 500 meters of edsa...what do you think Doc?

if the battery outlives the warranty by a significant margin, say, 6 months, then we're good.
if the battery dies 2 weeks after the warranty expired, then i'd say "that's amazing technology!"

my champion battery (cheap motolite variant) lasted 4 years. car was mostly highway driving.
my other champion, in my city car, wherein i turn the engine off during long traffic waits, died 4 weeks after its 12 month warranty.

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if the battery outlives the warranty by a significant margin, say, 6 months, then we're good.
if the battery dies 2 weeks after the warranty expired, then i'd say "that's amazing technology!"

well if my memory serves me right, it only has 14 months warranty, so i'd say it was a reeaaally good run...

[Lin Dan]

my suspicion is,
it's not so much the battery, as it is the car's charging system and the use of the car (sunny, daytime driving versus rainy, night-time driving, long highway drive versus stop-and-go edsa driving).

Very true doc.

Stop and go traffic and frequent short trips will lessen battery life significantly.

[xthine]

Just had to replace the 2012 Prius ‘ battery, lasted 7 years on the original battery.


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[Lin Dan]

Just had to replace the 2012 Prius ‘ battery, lasted 7 years on the original battery.


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Sulit

[StockEngine]

Just had to replace the 2012 Prius ‘ battery, lasted 7 years on the original battery.


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new toyota batteries or 3rd party supplier like what chrisfix installed? how much did it cost? how long did it take to get fixed?

[Luiscachero]

7 years on my Dad's Mercedes Benz 300D. 3SMF pa gamit niya na battery haha. Tipid na tipid rin yung gamit ng battery niya like turning off the headlight when idle for a few minutes.

[ninjababez]

Keep us posted

update .. falfak yun connector na yan, ayaw tumanggap ng maski 18 AWG

kumuha ako nito shopee din .. pero falfak din, niluluwa yung wire for some reason ..




tapos nakita ko meron pala similar dun sa ctek ..
SAE connector pala tawag doon ..
https://shopee.ph/Motorcycle-Cable-E...583.2057955896

to be continued .. LOL

[dr. d]

update .. falfak yun connector na yan, ayaw tumanggap ng maski 18 AWG

kumuha ako nito shopee din .. pero falfak din, niluluwa yung wire for some reason ..




tapos nakita ko meron pala similar dun sa ctek ..
SAE connector pala tawag doon ..
https://shopee.ph/Motorcycle-Cable-E...583.2057955896

normally, my first comment would be, "perhaps you do not know how to do it".
but as it's ninja saying palpak nga...
what seems to be the problem, at hindi kumakapit ng wire?