.... I noticed the old one was a Ford brand, I don't recall replacing the battery and don't think I would have paid dealer prices either so assume it was the same one it left the factory with in November 2006.

Seems highly impressive to me. Can anyone better that life for a battery?

Life of battery seems like luck of the draw. 2006 must have been a vintage year. My records show I had to replace the (presumably) six year old battery in our Focus in 2006 - and it lasted till 2020. No idea what brands they were but, like wine, I don't usually buy the cheapest - but not the most expensive.

I think the battery in my previous 2003 mkI Skoda Superb lasted nearly as well. I've asked the current owner but he said he got many years out of the battery after I sold him the car in 2015 and can't remember the date it was changed but he still thinks of it as a new battery although he thinks it was just before Covid etc. The original battery fitted was a Varta.

The battery in the replacement 2014 mkII Superb didn't last as well - it expired after the first lockdowns towards the end of 2020. The original fitted to this car was a Moll stop/start battery.

Edited by Big John on 27/02/2022 at 21:17