So, when we returned from a two-week vacation in early January 2010, the OEM battery in our '07 Outback was dead and wouldn't take a charge. I was a bit surprised, but Florida's heat and humidity is notoriously hard on batteries, so, well, fair enough.
I replaced it (on 1/8/10) with a new Sears Die-Hard Gold.
And it went dead today. It started the car here at home, but it wouldn't at the grocery story where my wife had parked it. Now, her use of the car is mostly for short, suburban trips -- it gets very little in the way of anything longer than about 15-20 minutes -- so, sure, that's tough on a battery.
But 32 months? Really?
The AAA guy put in a new 36-month Interstate battery with a national guarantee for all of $5 more than the Die-Hard had cost at Sears (and I had picked it up and installed it myself, no less), and he did it in the parking lot and with good humor.
So, along with Red Stripe, I'll say "Hooray, Triple-A", and I'll make a mental note that the reputation of those Sears batteries seems to be based more on marketing snake-oil than on reality. HPH
I replaced it (on 1/8/10) with a new Sears Die-Hard Gold.
And it went dead today. It started the car here at home, but it wouldn't at the grocery story where my wife had parked it. Now, her use of the car is mostly for short, suburban trips -- it gets very little in the way of anything longer than about 15-20 minutes -- so, sure, that's tough on a battery.
But 32 months? Really?
The AAA guy put in a new 36-month Interstate battery with a national guarantee for all of $5 more than the Die-Hard had cost at Sears (and I had picked it up and installed it myself, no less), and he did it in the parking lot and with good humor.
So, along with Red Stripe, I'll say "Hooray, Triple-A", and I'll make a mental note that the reputation of those Sears batteries seems to be based more on marketing snake-oil than on reality. HPH