cmjmarvin Posted July 22, 2007 Share Posted July 22, 2007 I just replaced the original battery in my 1998 Forester, purchased in Nov. 1997. More than 9-1/2 years. Has anyone beaten that? It was a Panasonic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ericem Posted July 22, 2007 Share Posted July 22, 2007 We did 11.3 years with the original battery. Probably still worked fine to. Just we changed it because we were stuck on the side of the road with a dead battery, and we bought a new battery that was charged and drove home. Where is that battery you ask? I don't know :-p Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WJM Posted July 22, 2007 Share Posted July 22, 2007 my 83 F-150 had the same battery in it for about 12 years. It was one of those older Goodyear batts from way back when. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBush Posted July 23, 2007 Share Posted July 23, 2007 Not a Subaru, but my friend had a battery from like a 79 Camaro that we replaced last week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hondasucks Posted July 25, 2007 Share Posted July 25, 2007 I did an oil change on a 96 Camry that had the original battery in it... But it also had 43,000 miles on it, and the oil change sticker had the current mileage for when it needed to be changed, but the date was like October of last year Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Whale Posted July 25, 2007 Share Posted July 25, 2007 I had a 1969 VW Bug that kept its original battery for better than 11 years and about 125,000 miles. Nothing much over seven years in subsequent cars, however. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firstwagon Posted July 25, 2007 Share Posted July 25, 2007 The original battery in our old 88 SkyHawk lasted 12 years. However the battery in my father- in- law's 05 Volvo S60 crapped out after only 2 years. Seems to be more luck then how much you pay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dickensheets Posted July 26, 2007 Share Posted July 26, 2007 My 97obw has the original battery, 121,000 miles. rd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmjmarvin Posted July 29, 2007 Author Share Posted July 29, 2007 Well, gee-- Obviously you all have beaten me. But I'm still pretty happy about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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