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Originally Posted by Stevoone
I don't take the car anywhere I would be left stranded. It is stored at my work and I drive it home occasionally, I drive it maybe 1500 miles a year now that I have kids. It was my daily driver for about 3-4 years. Not really bragging about how old the battery is, if the battery in my DD was that old I would have replaced it.
I don't expect it to last forever and I would not be terribly upset if it died tomorrow. Something contributed to the battery lasting at least 8 years so far and the only thing I can see that would have kept it that long was the battery tender. I would not recommend a battery tender for a daily driver but IMO it is a good idea for any vehicle that sees infrequent use.
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I would guess that your battery tender had a ton to do with the life of your battery. I am sure that a tender pays for itself rather quickly.
However even on a tender or maintenance system you can have batteries go bad and even split the case. I've had this happen to 12V batteries in the UPS grid here at work. Not good. Even with a tender I'd replace one at the 6 year mark just to be safe. They aren't THAT expensive.