elliot

My 2001 CLS is still running well with its stock battery.. The car has recently hit 47k miles and I'm wondering if I should be proactive and replace the battery..

I travel up to NYC once or twice a month, and usually someplace around Philly or the beach one time per month, and thus don't want to get stranded away from home (granted replacing a battery is not very time consuming, I'd prefer not to deal with it while "on the road")...

I guess my question is-- roughly, give me an idea how long the stock battery will last on a stock ride.. please..

Thanks

BEETROOT

my 2001 cl-s has 33,000 miles, battery died last month.

I am in AZ though and 118 degrees is hard on batteries though.

Fabvsix

2.5 years or about 55K plus, it will kick the bucket ! Interstate or Sears Die hard ar fav's here. The Optima's I'm now sure which would be best suited for our cars. Blue top, red top, yellow top......poo yie...............and expensive too !

BEETROOT

pretty sure the only optima that fits without moving stuff around is the red top, which is pretty much just a regular battery. The yellow tops are too big. Or so I was told.

I got a die hard gold.

6speedctrlfreak

my firend has a 1997 CL and he just had to replace the batt. two days ago. Unbelievable but true.

CO-CL-S

I'm at 82,000 miles on my 2001 (3 years and 2 months). I've killed the battery a couple of times this summer by leaving the xm radio on for a few hours. looking for a sale before cold weather hits.. YMMV

Mr Zipps

Ive seen a yellow top on a TL-S.. So the yellows do fit....

SiGGy

3+ years 45k still going