Technical > Automotive > Higher cost of car battery and theft of catalytic converters

reply to Mentat

Re: Higher cost of car battery and theft of catalytic converters

I'm using Optimas now. Never had the slightest problem since I changed.

For the age of most of my cars - they are simply too much to pay for right now. Last battery I had to replace was 7 years old in a 17-18 year old car. Probably will not keep the car for 5 more years. Might consider it when the van needs a new battery but I won't replace the wagons battery with one especially since I may not have the car when it needs a new one...

I understand. My wife's Xterra will run off the factory battery for as long as possible, of course, but the other vehicles have Optimas in them.

The Camaro I was talking about earlier was a '95 that I owned for about 9 years. 5 batteries in 9 years sucks.

That is too many - should have only needed to replace it once. Any idea if there was an electrical problem with it - that is what I would suspect with that many batteries in that short amount of time.

reply to CylonRed