Originally Posted by maxcichon

I did-yesterday. The boy's Lincoln wouldn't start and had to replace the 8 (!) year old Duralast (Autozone) battery.

$131.


The manager was called to revive me, and as I was sipping water, told me that due to 7 new EPA regulations on battery manufacturing processes, the price nearly doubled overnight.

And he was forced by his regional management to up the prices of in-place stock immediately.

I walked through WallyWorld and looked at the 48R (Crossfire) battery replacement and it was $97.

I paid $62 last year.

Danged greenies!