Quick Poll/Year/Original Battery or No??

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I just replaced the original battery in my '90 (230K miles) last month. The old one was actually still working OK, however its staying power weas a bit diminished--the new fella (p/n 8AMU1R, $70 from Autozone) cranks it over more briskly.

BTW--the Autozone battery is identical to this one:

-20F last winter.

Paco

Wow, some of you have gone along time (one 13 yrs, with a 90). Lol- and I had been planning on replacing mine after five years. Maybe I'll reconsider. it just that on these coooooooooold days, and starting it up only maybe once a week, even though I follow the owners manual's instructions of first putting the throttle to the floor once, before turning the ignition (I questioned the service dept. about that, being it's fuel injected. And was told that was correct for the designed, " Cold injectors {whatever the heck that is]), it often is hard starting, taking a couple of tries. Anyway, thanks all for the poll responses.

It's not that cold here!! :-) 36 this morning. That's balmy for many of our friends that don't live in the 94585 zip code ;-).

My 2002 starts up pretty readily, both before the JRSC and afterwards.

Dana

Heck got down to 32-34 degs this morning, 32 yesterday also. After cutting my lawns, hopefully for the final time till maybe Feb., I reread the owners manual. it said to depress throttle to floor, leaving it there while turning the key. Why you have to even do that with a fuel injected system is beyond me. Maybe someone can explain what, "Cold fuel injection is." Anyway, that must be what I'm not doing quite right. I've been releasing it first. And yes after our HOT HOT 94585 summer, low 30s is coooooooooooooooold--lol.

Still using original battery in my '92 with 111,000 miles.

G. Lee

Joe Silver '99

Those were AGM batteries. The new Miatas apparently come with standard wet cell batteries, which do indeed only last a few years.

Get a Westco when yours dies.

Leon

Isn't it a trick to force the ECU into "especially cold" choke program mode?

The truth be told, I'm over in 94534, and I have the little '02 Titanium Grey SE with an unadvertised JRSC 6psi you might have seen around. Introduce yourself if you see me.

Oh... I put the JRSC license plate frame on my wife's Trailblazer EXT.

:-)

Dana

So, based on what Leon said, with my 2000, I can't count on no where the same longevity most of you have gotten?? I believe the manual says that it is a 36 month (warranted) battery. So I'm hoping to go five years tops. Would you'all say that may be a good bet, based on Leon's post??

regards, Ron Hershey

My wet cell is still going in my '99.

My AGM in my '90 lasted until the car spend a long time in a body shop. I suspect it was murdered via a fast charge or 24-volt jumpstart.

'99, 145000km on the odo, two cross-country trips and three Canadian winters here in Montreal, original battery. I have no idea whether it's an AGM or the lowly wet cell. Whatever it is, it's doing just fine. Only boosted once and that was due to really extreme coled and being parked for 10 days. A battery warming mat solved the problem.