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When did batteries get so expensive?

Posted by Johnny Salt on 4/27/2024, 11:33:32

Nevermind, thanks joe.

Had to get a new battery for my truck this morning. $211

Re: When did batteries get so expensive?

Posted by Truth or Consequences on 4/27/2024, 11:52:05, in reply to "When did batteries get so expensive?"

Looks like insanity prevails in our economy right now. My sister paid close to the same for a new one for her SUV last month. OUCH! Even if you can easily afford it, it still hurts to pay it. Just wait until EVs are forced on everyone in the not- too-distant future. That will not be a pretty picture.

I have taken to replacing batteries at a given age instead of waiting for failure...

Posted by TEXRA on 4/27/2024, 12:38:54, in reply to "When did batteries get so expensive?"

...It makes some shop folks crazy. In my wife's car it is every 4 years. In mine it is every 3 and a half years because it failed the first two times before 4 years was up.

The first time I did it I had some routine maintenance to be done at 4 years so when I left it at the shop I instructed them to replace the battery. "Oh, we will check it." the guy said. "NO!" I replied, "I want it replaced." I thought they understood.

When I went back to pick up my car the guy said that they had checked the battery and it was in fine shape and bragged about saving me money. Two or three weeks later, in very hot weather, I got stuck on a parking lot with a failed battery. All he got from it was an angry customer and a lost sale.

Now when someone tries to tell me they will test it I tell them that story and insist that they just go ahead and replace the battery.

Sometimes it leads to strange interactions. I told one shop to replace the battery which was 4 years old. They had an oil change to do also. After a few minutes a meek looking employee walked into the waiting area and stated that they had tested my battery and it needed replacement. I could not help but laugh when I told him that I had already requested a new battery. His response was "Did you already have it tested?" Then I got to explain...

You're lucky.

Posted by COINS™ on 4/27/2024, 13:29:18, in reply to "When did batteries get so expensive?"

My truck takes 2.

Joe is partially to blame, but so are his friends the Chinese.

Posted by Uncle Brosie on 4/27/2024, 13:52:26, in reply to "When did batteries get so expensive?"

The Chinese have cornered the market on rare earth metals and use slave labor to mine it - including child slave labor.

I keep a small cheap jumper battery handy so I don't need to prematurely replace expensive full-sized batteries prematurely and support the Chicoms in the process.

https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2023/02/01/1152893248/red-cobalt-congo-drc-mining-siddharth-kara?fbclid=IwAR23-zBKgVhBqwpFQlpdQw84wvVrlfoexYklEF7qcLbXJfVm_kSraQLmJgM

ditch the diesel

Posted by Johnny Salt on 4/27/2024, 19:30:50, in reply to "You're lucky."

that smell makes me gag... literally.

Re: ditch the diesel

Posted by COINS™ on 4/27/2024, 19:37:07, in reply to "ditch the diesel"

My Ranger bass rig had 4 batteries. 3 for the trolling motor and 1 to start the engine. No smoke out of the turbo charged diesel engine.

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