I'm into the Interestate plan now, as I imagine the LR4 will **** a battery before it runs out of warranty, but if I was shopping fresh I'd see if this would work:
Damn, Ryan, I wish I had had the time to wait till Tuesday for this. Umberto also recommended the Odyssey way back in this thread as I'm sure you're aware. I did a quick search for Odyssey and Interstate batteries around here and finally opted for a Duracell Ultra Platinum (long story on my timing issues). I was able to go pick it up in a 90-minute round trip but at least I had it in hand and could deal with this on a weekend versus a busy week day. It slid right in and fired up without any further drama. The biggest hassle was resetting the date from Jan 1, 2232. Some Solihull programmer must've been feeling like a real jokester when he put that upper limit on the date range for this vehicle.
I would have gladly paid $50 more for the Odyssey if I had been able to find one today. It is now on the "LR4" Amazon wishlist that I keep.
Not a good idea to have left it past four years .
You're right and that's a good rule of thumb. I bought this as a preowned about 20 months ago. It was still under factory warranty so I had it at the dealership a couple of times to wring the very last drops out of that coverage. I specifically had them test the battery. It tested out fine so I didn't have any grounds to demand a new one at that time. I had zero signals that the battery was fading and I don't have any special use case that would have put extra burden on the battery.
I had plans to drive out to Annapolis, MD, this morning which is about 45 minutes away. Fortunately, the battery crapped out right in my garage as I was trying to leave, so the hassle was limited to scrapping my plans and using my wife's car to go fetch the new one. I told her I could either be ****** that my plans had been derailed, or grateful that it happened at home. I chose option B. I log all of my services so I'll set a reminder based on my install date. If destiny smiles on me I'll get a new battery when this guy turns 9 yrs old.