Elle wrote:

> The OEM battery and a Sears Die Hard I had in the car lasted 4.5 years each
> before dying. The third battery I installed (another Diehard) was going on
> 4.5 years when after some checks I decided to replace it pre-emptively.

The last battery I had in my '93 Accord was a Sears DieHard that lasted only
4 years, although I had expected to get 5 years out of it. The original
Panasonic battery lasted almost 8 years.

It currently has a Honda-branded battery which, according to my mechanic,
should last about 5 years up here in central Canada. Anybody know who
actually makes these batteries, if it is not Honda?