Battery removal

[why?]

what are you doing to your car to need to change the battery so often? I have needed only one battery change since I bought the car. I bought the cheapest 35 series battery from sears, it has been wondrous so far, even starting the car in near zero degree weather after sitting for almost a week.

well, excluding my short lived deka trial. I just don't drive the car enough to use it.

[nookandcrannycar]

Originally Posted by why?

what are you doing to your car to need to change the battery so often? I have needed only one battery change since I bought the car. I bought the cheapest 35 series battery from sears, it has been wondrous so far, even starting the car in near zero degree weather after sitting for almost a week.

well, excluding my short lived deka trial. I just don't drive the car enough to use it.

My OEM lasted a few weeks short of 3 years and 138,000 miles. I milked every last mile and day out of it...literally a couple of miles from the car stalling. I didn't want that to happen again so when I started to notice the car was taking longer to start, etc. I decided to replace the 2nd battery at exactly 3 years to the day (so nearly 6 years from the day I purchased the car) and an additional 86,000-88,000 miles (can't remember the number...it's on another thread). This first replacement battery (Sears) was quite inexpensive and was only a 1 year guarantee battery. From what I've read in replies to some of my posts (and many other posts that weren't replies to me), the heat here (and in other similar areas weather wise) is very hard on car batteries -- it shortens the life of a battery. As I mentioned, at least a few members (who also happen to be in a similar climate) change their batteries before 'end of life', as a precaution/preventative maintenance/however one wants to refer to or classify that idea. The battery I've had in my Yaris since late September 2012 (a Wal-Mart Ever Start 26R) will certainly last longer than 1 year, but I want more reserve power before this battery gets near 'its end'. I'm just too frugal to do that before getting at least one year of use out of it . I planned to replace it at the 1 year mark irrespective of it still holding a charge, and before the desire for more reserve power. The only change I'm making to that plan is that I will now replace it with a battery that has a longer reserve time, rather than replacing it with the same model/brand/size.