gokartmozart

How often do you change your battery? For the past 16 years I have changed my battery every three years. My current battery is 4 years old. I realize that changing it every 3 or 4 years is probably wasteful (I have never had a battery problem).

I have always used Die Hard Gold batteries.

01tl4tl

Die hards do that - good thing you replace before they go
Most batteries last 3-4 years- doesnt matter how many months warranty it has
These are high electrical demand cars and a good battery makes it run at its peak

Go90go

I change them once every two months or so, sometimes I make it to 6 months. I'm not kidding, either.

~Cheers~

KaMLuNg

iTrader: (5)

u don't count... we all have working charging systems on our cars...

on same battery for 6 yrs now... deep cycle FTW...

Go90go

Now now, that's only recently, haha. I change them so often because I'll see some new one that's a bit stronger, or lighter, or if I just feel like changing something, I'll swap it. I'm running two batteries at the moment, the 6-cell one and a standard one. It's the only way I can get home, hehe.

~Cheers~

KrayzieDxC

^ lol, damm 2 batterys

01tl4tl

The obvious answer to how often is: every time it dies I replace the battery

Or as Stephen Colbert said:
When my car runs out of gas,
I buy a NEW one

I dont want to drive a quitter!!

Go90go

Alot of people do that for sound systems. I do that so the car will start, haha. Fixed now, though.

I remember that!! I was rolling when I heard that one.

~Cheers~

TimmyPB

had my car for 3yrs and battery just putted out!

Fear and Loathing

The OE battery on a 97 Camry went 9 years.

TLBaller

i need to change out my bat soon. I hardly bump my system and it dims for a millisecond when i turn on just the head unit!

dan jacobsen

I have had my 98 3.2 for about 6 years now & I have had to put 2 new batteries in it, not counting one that was bad (only lasted like 6 mths...). I am thinking about putting a high-quality battery like an Interstate or something like that if I have to replace again. I have 256k miles on my 3.2.

TLBaller

how much does interstate battery cost on avg? im going to guess 70ish??

dan jacobsen

I haven't priced an interstate battery yet. I just looked at interstate's website, and they have the 1998 3.2 TL battery priced between $82-$106.

Mandy

Try Costco, Kirkland brand, made by Johnson Controls. Great battery!

Mandy

Did you get your battery yet?

AznImports602

How do install two batteries in your car? I want to do that because my battery dies quickly for some reason. It is a good battery, but my car keeps on draining it for some reason, therefore I really don't change my battery too much, just jump start it every so often.

Go90go

Jump starting it often is killing the battery! You need a battery isolator and a spec battery box to safely and legally have it in your trunk. Mine was only temporary so I didn't get the box. I was planning on it, but NHRA-legal boxes are expensive...

~Cheers~

AznImports602

Hmmm interesting... but before my battery would always die out and I did not jump start it back up. I would usually go to autozone and have them recharge it back up and when they check to see if it was good they said yea. I dunno, it is just something that is draining my battery dry if I don't drive it for more than a day.... any tips?