Battery life

[LL - NY]

Actually, considering the abuse my Mom's battery gets (6.5 years of lots of
cold starts, short trips, lots of time without any starts) and other's on
the list with OEM batteries, it appears that VAG has gotten things right
with respect to batteries. I think that was the point, since most of expect
less life than that out of a car battery.

LL - NY

On 2/28/08, Danton J.A. Cardoso <djacardoso at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Not to be a wise-ass, but is this thread necessary?  This ranks with
> how far you can go with the gas needle pointing on empty and the
> warning light glaring...  Besides, battery life is dependent on
> climate, i.e. how many cold starts in cold weather, alternator
> condition, etc.
>
>
> On Wed, Feb 27, 2008 at 10:28 PM, LL - NY <larrycleung at gmail.com> wrote:
> > My Mom's 2001.5 Passat GLX 4mo has the original battery and it was
> tested as
> >  Good by the dealer when she last went in for an oil change. Of note, my
> Mom
> >  drives less than 30 miles a week and only one trip in the week is over
> 8
> >  miles. So far, I'm impressed, but since I'm over 120 miles away, we're
> >  replacing her battery anyway as a precaution.
> >
> >  LL - NY
> >
> >  On 2/27/08, 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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