"Grahame" <grahame.news@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
news:JGa4g.3963$fx.342735@news20.bellglobal.com...
> One question nobody here bothered to ask but WHY are you "thinking" of
> replacing the battery on a 2003 Accord?
> I still have the original battery in my 2001 Accord up here in Canada, do
> batteries not last this long in Texas?
>
When I lived in Phoenix I don't recall any battery lasting three summers -
most died after about 1 1/2 summers. Of course, only four months of the year
have never had 100F (38C) days there, and the weathermen know better than to
call any day with a high under 110F (43C) "hot." One of my batteries didn't
survive 122F (50C) at all... when I hit the starter switch it exploded.

I've been in Flagstaff for 5 years and haven't replaced a battery yet. The
difference: it's usually about 30F (17C) cooler.

Mike