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OEM BMW

OEM BMW › Battery

Marty_DiBergi 5 Nov 2025, 03:22

Rating 5.0

I got 12 years out of the original battery on my E90.

Pros: 12 years longevity

Vehicle: BMW

OEM BMW › Battery

Hudini2 4 Nov 2025, 16:22

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Rating 5.0

My e93 Battery Laster from 08 and I replaced it this year due to it started having Problems. It still kinda worked but I didnt want to have Problems. Still 17-18 years on a battery is bonkers

Pros: 17-18 years longevity, bonkers lifespan

Cons: started having problems

Vehicle: BMW

OPTIMA › Battery

Last_Seesaw5886 4 Nov 2025, 12:54

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Rating 5.0

I ran a yellow top Optima in my Civic from 2009 up till this year. A hell of a run!

Pros: hell of a run, long lasting

Vehicle: Honda Civic

OEM BMW › Battery

kashuxl33t 4 Nov 2025, 11:11

Rating 5.0

Changed my battery this year on my 2005 e46 coupe. There wasn’t a date for the old one, but 3 codes and for one (H1B582092) ChatGPT said that it’s 2005 battery, which just sounds insane if true.

Pros: insane longevity

Vehicle: BMW

OEM BMW › Battery

duck-and-quack 4 Nov 2025, 08:25

Rating 5.0

I still have oem in my 3 series from 2015 !

Pros: long lasting

Vehicle: BMW

OEM BMW › Battery

flyfreewithone 4 Nov 2025, 03:00

Rating 5.0

I replaced mine last month after 143k 2013 f30

Pros: long lasting

Vehicle: BMW

Mileage: 230133 km

OPTIMA › Battery

draconicpenguin10 20 Jun 2025, 03:13

Rating 3.0

Optima seems to be the only brand of cylindrical Pb batteries for automotive use... pretty much every other automotive Pb battery is prismatic.

That's the first I've seen one fail this way.

Cons: fail this way

OPTIMA › Battery

PGB3 4 Mar 2024, 20:24

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my Optima Red Top failed after 2 years & 7 months. this is the last time I'll buy one.

Cons: failed quickly, short lifespan

OPTIMA › Battery

fanatic26 2 Feb 2024, 22:32

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Rating 0.5

Optimas are not the brand they once were, I would never put one in my vette after the brand new $300 red top I put in my Durango basically exploded a week after I put it in.

Cons: exploded quickly, poor reliability

Vehicle: Dodge Durango