98ARISTO

I have a '98 GS400. My Lexus OEM battery lasted eleven-fricking years. When it finally croaked in July of 2009, I made the mistake of replacing it with a Sears Die Hard, which carried a 3-year full-replacement warranty. It died on Tuesday morning, 2 years and two weeks to the day. When I took it back to Sears today, they would only replace it with a 1-1/2 year-warranty battery. Gee, if a 3-year-warrantied battery only lasted two years, how long is a 1-1/2-year-warrantied battery going to last? But, HEY, for another $108 on top of the $120 I previously paid, they'd give me a better battery that MIGHT be more reliable. Right. Coincidentally, I read this week that bankruptcy could be in Sears future. Now I know why. I gave up on Crapman, oops, Craftsman tools back in the 90's. In the morning, I'm going to start calling around to find the lowest price on a Lexus OEM battery. I don't need to be driving around L.A. and having Damocles-syndrome about getting stuck somewhere with another dead Sears battery.