11-27-2013, 07:12 PM
CBelt,
I hear ya about the battery. I just had to replace the battery in my '09 Mazda CX-7. I bought the car new in July of '09 and the car could very well have been sitting on the lot since late '08. So, the battery was about 4.5 to 5 years old.
The temperatures here on Long Island plummeted recently and I'd noticed the car was having trouble starting, even though it's in a garaged parking space. Brought it to the shop. Confirmed. One of the cells was shot and it was time to replace it.
I might have been abel to get away with holding off for a bit more time but it wasn't worth it. It was a choice of a preemptive replacement by choice versus continuing to use it, only to get stranded somewhere because my car won't start and having to deal with that agita and still have to replace the battery. Seemed like a no-brainer to me.
Robert
I hear ya about the battery. I just had to replace the battery in my '09 Mazda CX-7. I bought the car new in July of '09 and the car could very well have been sitting on the lot since late '08. So, the battery was about 4.5 to 5 years old.
The temperatures here on Long Island plummeted recently and I'd noticed the car was having trouble starting, even though it's in a garaged parking space. Brought it to the shop. Confirmed. One of the cells was shot and it was time to replace it.
I might have been abel to get away with holding off for a bit more time but it wasn't worth it. It was a choice of a preemptive replacement by choice versus continuing to use it, only to get stranded somewhere because my car won't start and having to deal with that agita and still have to replace the battery. Seemed like a no-brainer to me.
Robert