On Thu, 2006-03-30 at 15:22 -0300, Gerhard Fiedler wrote:
> Herbert Graf wrote:
> 
> > Well, I can't explain that. In Canada 5 years for a battery is the
> > minimum, no matter how "budget" it is. 
> > 
> > And we get cold winters. 
> 
> Can it be that the generally cold climate in most of Canada in the winter
> prevents too cheap (and weak in the cold) batteries to become popular, and
> so the market of even "budget" batteries is not as "budget" as maybe
> elsewhere?

That's entirely possible, I did think of that afterwards.

I know for a fact that some cars that "do well" in some parts of the
world do horribly in Canada.

Alot of that is due to our huge use of salt in central and eastern
Canada in the winter for deicing.

But the cold itself probably has some impact. Not sure.

Fact of the matter is if a battery that was properly cared for lasts
less then 5 years the average Canadian would not be very happy.

TTYL

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