New car battery recommendation

[esse10]

10 year battery? NO WAY MAN, not in south texas heat. I've been driving since high school , over 30 years and most car batteries last on average 4-5 years down here. The battery that came in the Brand new Dodge Durango I bought a few years back only lasted 2 years. That Dodge suv was a problem since day one and I will never in the rest of my lifetime will I ever buy a Dodge again.

[nookandcrannycar]

Originally Posted by esse10

10 year battery? NO WAY MAN, not in south texas heat. I've been driving since high school , over 30 years and most car batteries last on average 4-5 years down here. The battery that came in the Brand new Dodge Durango I bought a few years back only lasted 2 years. That Dodge suv was a problem since day one and I will never in the rest of my lifetime will I ever buy a Dodge again.

Buying 'top of the line' batteries (5yr Warranty--3yr Free Repl---last 2yrs pro rated) to get that average? I got 2 years 11 months and 2 days (and 138k+ miles) out of my OEM.....then 3 years exactly (and about 88k miles) out of a 1 year guarantee (lowest level) Sears battery.....now 14 months and 9 days (and 41k + miles) into a Wal-Mart 1 year guarantee (lowest level) battery and I wonder how healthy that battery is (did drain it listening to the radio months back , but it tested fine a month or so later). I bought that Wal-Mart battery (on 9-9-12) because Sears raised their price on their 1 year battery. Now (Nov. 16/17, 2013) Wal-Mart has raised the guarantee on that battery to 2 years, but they also raised the price (to the level of the Sears battery in 2012) and Sears has raised the price on their comparable battery again.

[CTScott]

Originally Posted by esse10

10 year battery? NO WAY MAN, not in south texas heat. I've been driving since high school , over 30 years and most car batteries last on average 4-5 years down here. The battery that came in the Brand new Dodge Durango I bought a few years back only lasted 2 years. That Dodge suv was a problem since day one and I will never in the rest of my lifetime will I ever buy a Dodge again.

I definitely agree that down there you will never see a lead acid battery last 10 years.