Woody
Woody GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
1/13/14 8:04 p.m.

...that's how long the original battery lasted in my Tacoma.

The date of manufacture on the battery was October 2004. I took delivery of the truck on December 20 of that year.

OHSCrifle
OHSCrifle GRM+ Memberand Reader
1/13/14 8:09 p.m.

Damn. In New England winters, no less... I'm impressed.

JKleiner
JKleiner Reader
1/13/14 8:21 p.m.

'03 Dakota, 159K. '03 Ram 2500, 152K. Both still running original batteries (now watch 'em lick their nuts tomorrow).

Jeff

mazdeuce
mazdeuce UltraDork
1/13/14 8:38 p.m.

Seven years and 130k of Texas heat on the Battery in my wife's FJ cruiser. It's not truly dead, I still have it in the old wagon, but it was getting flaky. Good batteries.

Woody
Woody GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
1/13/14 8:46 p.m.

This one never acted up, it just up and died. I couldn't even start the truck with the charger set on boost.

poopshovel
poopshovel MegaDork
1/13/14 8:46 p.m.

2 years and whatever vatozone sells. Same goes for their alternators and axles. But I DEFINITELY take advantage of those "lifetime" warranties.

Hal
Hal SuperDork
1/13/14 9:20 p.m.

We bought the wife a new 2000 Buick LeSabre in March of that year. We traded it in October 2012 with the original battery in it. Only had 85K miles on it though.

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