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Stl-986 · 07-16-2021, 11:40 AM

It could have harmed the battery, doubt it would do anything else.

In all honesty, batteries are just crap now. Have been for the past 10 years. If you get 1 year out one I think you are doing good. Anything more and it's a win which brings up a side note. The only difference in a 3 year batter vs 5 year, is the Price & Warranty. Otherwise it is the exact same battery. You just pay more for the warranty.

My opinion is that batteries are just being recycled too much. A battery today could be made from one that was already recycled 2 or more times so the quality is going go to down. Grab a battery from 30+ years ago, put a charge on it and I bet it would last longer then anything brand new today.

07-16-2021, 11:40 AM	#6
Stl-986 Registered User Join Date: May 2017 Posts: 1,180	It could have harmed the battery, doubt it would do anything else. In all honesty, batteries are just crap now. Have been for the past 10 years. If you get 1 year out one I think you are doing good. Anything more and it's a win which brings up a side note. The only difference in a 3 year batter vs 5 year, is the Price & Warranty. Otherwise it is the exact same battery. You just pay more for the warranty. My opinion is that batteries are just being recycled too much. A battery today could be made from one that was already recycled 2 or more times so the quality is going go to down. Grab a battery from 30+ years ago, put a charge on it and I bet it would last longer then anything brand new today. __________________ 2000 Boxster Tiptronic 2003 Boxster 2003 996 C2 Cab 2002 996 (SOLD) 1986 944 (gone but missed)