My wife's Civic is nine years old, and being a Honda has been faultless. However it still has the original battery.

Anticipating a cold winter I bought a new battery from Honda (£46), but the bad weather arrived before I could fit it. No problem; it has started first time, every time, during this very cold spell.

In my experience it is most unusual for a bettery to last that long. Can anyone beat that?

 

I recently changed the battery on my S200, it's first change, and it's nearly 8.

 

it's exceptional

I can see that the battery in my beemer is original and will be 8 in February

I thought that was pretty good, especially considering the work it has to do

 

i know battery tech has improved capacity wise, but the reliability seems to be up aswell.

im not sure about mine - bought a replacement from partco 2years ago, and you can certainly tell that the cranking speed isnt what it should be and noticably worse than last winter! i might have to check the electrolyte level - that might be where my problem lies.... or just 'premature' death! it was somewhat on the cheap side for an S2000 battery

 

does it have many gadgets? my S battery lasted for 7.5 yrs

 

Not unheard of my fathers 10 year lexus had it replaced a few months back.

 

My Audi coupe (1996 plate) still had it's original battery when I part exchanged it for the s in Oct 08. Was a very solid car but age was inevitably taking it's toll and was starting to cost me to much to run considering what it was worth. I loved that car... ↲ P.S Exhaust was the original too, stainless steel I think.

 

Well, I have a two amplifiers running at all times, which must hurt (30 mins with the stereo on was enough to flatten the battery), and the car only gets used 2 or 3 days a week, usually on short-ish trips, which all take their toll. So it did pretty well really.

 

Wife's Civic still has the original battery from 1998. It's only done 46k mind you.