Battery OPTIMA or OEM BMW
I got 12 years out of the original battery on my E90.
My e93 Battery Laster from 08 and I replaced it this year due to it started having Problems. It still kinda worked but I didnt want to have Problems. Still 17-18 years on a battery is bonkers
I ran a yellow top Optima in my Civic from 2009 up till this year. A hell of a run!
Changed my battery this year on my 2005 e46 coupe. There wasn’t a date for the old one, but 3 codes and for one (H1B582092) ChatGPT said that it’s 2005 battery, which just sounds insane if true.
I still have oem in my 3 series from 2015 !
I replaced mine last month after 143k 2013 f30
Optima seems to be the only brand of cylindrical Pb batteries for automotive use... pretty much every other automotive Pb battery is prismatic.
That's the first I've seen one fail this way.
my Optima Red Top failed after 2 years & 7 months. this is the last time I'll buy one.
Optimas are not the brand they once were, I would never put one in my vette after the brand new $300 red top I put in my Durango basically exploded a week after I put it in.
Optimas don’t seem to hold up any better than the AGM from the parts store.
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