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mikebai1990 · 07-27-07, 07:49

Thanks for replies again. I asked my dad, and he completely disregarded my suggestion, saying that I have no idea when a battery is really out of "oomph" and that the battery was fine, and all that... He kept telling me that a battery doesn't need to replaced until the engine doesn't start.... ?!?! That's a pretty dangerous choice to make, don't you guys think? Why wait until your battery's completely dead? Also, I think it will only get worse in the winter, right?

The engine does seem to take a somewhat abnormally long time to start, as I pointed out earlier, approximately 2-2.5 seconds. I'm comparing this to our new 2005 Mazda, which starts in .5-1 second. Does the cranking time depend on anything other than the battery? Maybe it's just because the car is old, and naturally takes longer to get started (it's a 1993 Acura)

Pardon my lack of knowledge, truzoom, what does it mean to have the battery load tested? Also, if I take it to somewhere like Autozone, is it free?

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mikebai1990 Registered User mikebai1990 is offline Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Long Island, New York Posts: 1,968	Re: Replacing Car Battery..Open to Suggestions Thanks for replies again. I asked my dad, and he completely disregarded my suggestion, saying that I have no idea when a battery is really out of "oomph" and that the battery was fine, and all that... He kept telling me that a battery doesn't need to replaced until the engine doesn't start.... ?!?! That's a pretty dangerous choice to make, don't you guys think? Why wait until your battery's completely dead? Also, I think it will only get worse in the winter, right? The engine does seem to take a somewhat abnormally long time to start, as I pointed out earlier, approximately 2-2.5 seconds. I'm comparing this to our new 2005 Mazda, which starts in .5-1 second. Does the cranking time depend on anything other than the battery? Maybe it's just because the car is old, and naturally takes longer to get started (it's a 1993 Acura) Pardon my lack of knowledge, truzoom, what does it mean to have the battery load tested? Also, if I take it to somewhere like Autozone, is it free?