Battery life

[Max Hoepli]

My brother-in-law who drives a 1997 Cadillac Deville had an original battery
in the car 1 week ago. The car was driving on the Highway at 110 km/hr in
-5C weather. Car suddenly shut off. Could not be restarted, no lights
worked, nothing electrical, car was towed to a shop, luckily was open, the
battery was exchanged for a new battery. Solved the problem. I think battery
should be changed after 5 winters. No indicator light illuminated on dash.
Alternator was in order.

Max

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From: quattro-bounces at audifans.com [mailto:quattro-bounces at audifans.com] On
Behalf Of Mark R
Sent: February 27, 2008 17:34
To: victor norman
Cc: quattro at audifans.com
Subject: Re: Battery life

Climate and type of driving (frequency and duration) play a large role in
battery life.  They're getting old, but you can always pull them to be
tested if you want to know HOW many CCA's they'll now put out.

Mark Rosenkrantz

On Wed, Feb 27, 2008 at 4:05 PM, victor norman <victor.norman at sbcglobal.net>
wrote:

> It's occurred to me that both my 2000 A4 and my wife's 1999 A6 still have
> their original batteries. I'm impressed. Anyone have any idea on how many
> more years of service I can expect from them?
>
> Vic Norman
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