So yesterday morning the RX-8 started very begrudgingly. It seemed OK after that so I thought nothing of it. Went to start it this morning and once again it protested and barely got going. So tonight I did the prudent thing and replaced the battery (got a smoking deal from a guy I know that owns a NAPA store)....
So I just got done replacing it, took it for a test run in the snow.... and all is good. I looked at the old battery and "WFT!?!? Its a maintenance battery?!?!" blurted from my mouth. Who the hell puts a maintenance type battery on a car in the 2000's???
Sure enough the level was low. Probably could have just topped it off and I would have been fine. Apparently my stealership is also either a bunch of jackasses or lazy since they also always checked off the battery level on Mazda's multi-point inspection you get at an oil change...
-sigh-
Little spinny motor doesn't take too many cranking amps. Stock battery is probably from a motorcycle. :evildude:
Yeah I've noticed Honda selling maintenance batteries from the factory as well. All the replacements are non-maintenance though.
Quote from: NACar on December 16, 2008, 04:52:13 PM
Little spinny motor doesn't take too many cranking amps. Stock battery is probably from a motorcycle. :evildude:
my gerbils scoff at you :rage:
I've bought two maintenance batteries in the past three months :huh:
i thought they pretty much died in the 80's -shrug-
Wait by maintenance type batteries do you mean those that need water every so often or just those with filler caps?
Quote from: NACar on December 16, 2008, 04:52:13 PM
Little spinny motor doesn't take too many cranking amps. Stock battery is probably from a motorcycle. :evildude:
The stock battery in my car was so wimpy (and physically pretty small too) it might as well have been for a motorcycle.