[Sellshomesdrivesviper]

Originally Posted by mike & juli

What do you mean? We have our cars on trickle-chargers due to not being able to drive them in the winter time...do you mean you don't drive yours? And, yours is always being charged by the trickle-charger? Replace WHAT after a certain period of time---the battery or the charger? I'm confused as to what your question is...but I know ONE thing: If we lived in Florida, we'd be DRIVING that Viper, and NO need for ANY trickle-chargers!!
Fill us in, and maybe we can help a bit more? ~juli

Hi Juli,
I'm sorry I wasn't more specific. Let's try it again.
Yes, I drive it, but with 3600 miles, you can easily appreciate how often.
As you probably can guess, I'm still a working man, and since my daily driver seats five (5) in comfort, and my Viper only seats 2. I can't drive clients around in my Viper unless they ride solo.

I have five vehicles, and a Harley to boot. Can't drive them all and yes the weather is beautiful most of the time and thats why I've lived here since 1976. Batteries have a useful life, and I'd rather replace it early than be stranded later.

For an example, the Harley battery is on a trickle charger, like the Viper and it last 2-3 years, I just replaced it last month. It still worked okay, but was past its useful like and I made the decision to replace it for $90.00 as I don't want to get stranded to save a buck.
Its a 1995, bought new, and has only 6000 miles on it.

I guess my specific questions is: what is the experience of the Viper community with the life of the original OEM battery on a Viper after three years?