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Old 06-17-2014, 10:03 PM
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I have a Diehard Gold Battery that came in my 1960 Chrysler 300F when I bough the car in 2000 and I believe it was two years old then. Since 2002 the battery has been in my Dodge Charger and it still works great,
That makes it 16 years old and still doing the job. I have never experienced this with abattery before. Anyone else have similar experiences.

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Old 06-17-2014, 10:42 PM
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----I have a 1990 560 SEC Mercedes that I love dearly. Two years ago I was at a local gas station and the engine all of a sudden wouldnt turn over. I went to my local repair guy who has interstate battery for our whole county. He had a correct battery and asked me what was in the car. I told him I didn't know as I had never had one problem with it. We pulled the battery and quickly realized that it was the original one,,,,,,from 1990. That's 22 years for you challenged guys. We were both amazed......Bill S
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Old 06-17-2014, 10:53 PM
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I know the car audio guys rate the Die Hard Gold batteries above most others.
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I worked with a guy in IL who had the original Autolite battery in his Ford pickup for 10 years, but I have never heard of anything like 16 or 22 years!
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Old 06-18-2014, 11:31 AM
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A few years ago my 01 2500 HD Silverado had 8 years on the OE battery and I went the preventive maint rout and got a new one [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/grin.gif[/img]

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I got 10 years out of my original batteries in my '04 2500HD! I replaced them with Consumer Reports' #1 pick: Everstart from WalMart! Keeping my fingers crossed.
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All my other batterys seem to last 5-6 years,the more expensive the shorter life. I use a yellow Optima in my 2003 Yukon XL, been there 5 years. Original battery failed in two years,replaced under warranty. Warranty replacement failed in 3 and 1/2 years. Have two red Optimas for may other colector cars, so far so good.

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I'm pushing 9 yrs. on my 05 Silverado at the end of this month,original AC battery.I too will change it out this fall,don't want to push it another winter.
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We got 10 years from the factory Delco unit in Karen's Berger...then it started to get weak, so I replaced it.

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I'm knocking on 14 years with the one in my LS6 Chevelle. And that car sits 6 months a year - as do all collector cars in Newfoundland, Canada. [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/frown.gif[/img]
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