I can vouch for Marshall's experience. I've owned 15 Mercedes and have replaced shocks in about ..... 18 Mercedes, including the ones on my oldest Son's cars. The "youngest" Mercedes I've bought to date had 135,000 miles on the clock and in every case, I replaced the original shocks. Most had over 150,000 miles when I replaced the shocks.
Put Monroe shocks on you Mercedes if you'd like. I tried that once and they lasted 35,000 miles. That's about 8 months of driving for me. Thanks, Tom Hargrave www.kegkits.com Quoting Marshall Booth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > LT Don wrote: > > Marshall - > > > > I suck at math. That is why I took my first degree in Music -- no > math > > courses required. Strange that I took my next degree in Business / MIS > with > > lots of post-grad courses in Econ. But that is a different thread. > Math > > problem to follow. > > > > Now, I realize that you are mature individual, pretty smart in lots > of > > things -- including Benz stuff. But are you saying that you have > replaced > > EIGHTY shocks in your lifetime and they lasted 150k miles? Divided by > four > > per car, that is twenty cars if you blew out the shocks in each one. > > > > You haulin' around fat chicks or something? :-) > > > > I am 52 and as far as I can remember, only put in new shocks once in > my > > lifetime. That was rear only on my '74 Duster and not because I needed > them > > but because I just wanted to do so, to upgrade. > > > > That being said, I am due for new shocks in my '77 and I appreciate > the > > guidance. > > > > But again -- EIGHTY? > > Most of the used Mercedes I bought (18 used Mercedes) had ORIGINAL > shocks (that's 72 shocks) and I replaced some of them (I estimate at > least 20 but maybe a few more) and run some of those - a few more than > 150kmi. Then I've replaced shocks on a few of the new Mercedes I bought > > new (5 of 'em - that 20 original shocks and there were at least 8 > replacements in those cars). I'm not up to validating all the numbers, > but that's pretty close. > > Marshall > -- > Marshall Booth Ph.D. > Ass't Prof. (ret.) > Univ of Pittsburgh School of Medicine > Department of Pharmacology 1300 BST > Pittsburgh PA 15261 USA > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > _______________________________________ > For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ > For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net >
