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Re: When should I change the battery?
Re: When should I change the battery?
On Thu, 19 Jun 2008 05:34:11 -0700, jim beam <spamvortex@bad.example,net > wrote:
>ACAR wrote:
>> On Jun 18, 3:42 pm, Jason Hsu <jason_...@my-deja,com > wrote:
>>> I have a 2004 Honda Accord with just over 26 thousand miles and the
>>> original battery.
>>>
>>> Is it time for me to replace the battery yet? On the one hand, I do
>>> NOT believe in waiting for the battery to go bad.
>> snip
>>
>> Do it now.
>> You obviously don't want to be inconvenienced by a dead battery. A
>> replacement will set you back $50 to $75. A small price to pay for
>> peace of mind.
>jeepers - where do you people come from? why would TESTING the freakin'
>battery be such a problem? people bleat and complain about gas prices,
>yet they're prepared to blindly throw away money because they read of a
>guy who read of a guy that had to call aaa? it's freakin' impossible to
>convince people to change their timing belt, but prematurely change
>their battery? "stand in line folks - we'll be taking your money as
>soon as we can!"
That is usually correct, but there are times when it makes sense to take
preventative measures. For example, here in Phoenix, the summers kill
car batteries which almost never make it past three summers. At the
start of the third summer it makes sense to replace the battery instead of
waiting a couple of months and getting stranded. They tend to fail without
anything warning also.
On Thu, 19 Jun 2008 05:34:11 -0700, jim beam <spamvortex@bad.example,net > wrote:
>ACAR wrote:
>> On Jun 18, 3:42 pm, Jason Hsu <jason_...@my-deja,com > wrote:
>>> I have a 2004 Honda Accord with just over 26 thousand miles and the
>>> original battery.
>>>
>>> Is it time for me to replace the battery yet? On the one hand, I do
>>> NOT believe in waiting for the battery to go bad.
>> snip
>>
>> Do it now.
>> You obviously don't want to be inconvenienced by a dead battery. A
>> replacement will set you back $50 to $75. A small price to pay for
>> peace of mind.
>jeepers - where do you people come from? why would TESTING the freakin'
>battery be such a problem? people bleat and complain about gas prices,
>yet they're prepared to blindly throw away money because they read of a
>guy who read of a guy that had to call aaa? it's freakin' impossible to
>convince people to change their timing belt, but prematurely change
>their battery? "stand in line folks - we'll be taking your money as
>soon as we can!"
That is usually correct, but there are times when it makes sense to take
preventative measures. For example, here in Phoenix, the summers kill
car batteries which almost never make it past three summers. At the
start of the third summer it makes sense to replace the battery instead of
waiting a couple of months and getting stranded. They tend to fail without
anything warning also.
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