Battery life

[Danton J.A. Cardoso]

Point taken.

On Thu, Feb 28, 2008 at 11:06 AM, LL - NY <larrycleung at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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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Danton J.A. Cardoso