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From: billb@teklabs.UUCP (Bill Beran)
Newsgroups: net.auto,net.consumers
Subject: DieHard batteries die young
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Date: Wed, 14-Mar-84 12:09:06 EST
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Posted: Wed Mar 14 12:09:06 1984
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     I had a DieHard battery in a Corvair Rampside pick-up (!!) that
lasted so long I lost track of it. I think it was about seven years.
I was not very diligent about maintainence, either. It didn't die
catastrophically, but a slow death like most batteries do. I don't
remember why I didn't replace it with another DieHard, but it was 
probably because they had gotten too expensive in the intervening time.

     I still have the Rampside and just recently purchased a Corvair
eight door van. Maybe even rarer than the Rampside!  No flames against
Corvairs, please. I like the trucks and that's my own vice!

     A J.C. Penny battery in a Fiat 124 Spyder died for me after four
years. Firestone replaced it with no questions asked with one of their
four year batteries. I sold the car soon after, so have no follow-up.
However, a few years ago, a close friend had a J.C. Penny battery
explode in the engine compartment of his van and spray the acid gel
all over. The battery was not very old. I remember that J.C. Penny
shelled out about $600 for acid neutralization and repainting of
his engine compartment.

     There must be some Corvair lovers out there!!

                              Bill Beran
                              Imaging Research Lab
                              Tektronix
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