AH - the dealer. Last time I took the F150 to the dealer for a recall (reprogramming the shift down computer, the second time), the techs told me I needed new brakes REAL soon. I said thank you, drove home, pulled two wheels and measured the pads - they were barely worn from new specs. The time before that, another recall visit, they told me that the battery was almost dead and needed to be replaced before it stranded me somewhere. That I partly believed because the truck sits most of the time - I drive it on average every 10 days or so - and I had not been putting it on a charger. I now use batteryminder <https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00Q3CM2QY/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1> on it every time after I drive it - the six year old battery is still doing fine. So - I would ALWAYS at least get a second opinion on any service/repair offered by the dealer.
On Tue, Oct 15, 2019 at 5:53 PM Mitch Haley via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Sounds more like "Manfred's cars last a long time" than "Toyota pickups > last a long time". > But we can't read a lot into individual cars anyway, like "Manfred's Taco > went 300k", or "the transmission in Byron's Taco didn't make 150k", or even > "the transmission in Mitch's W140 didn't make 150k", although with > additional knowledge we can say "the connector that had an oil related > failure in Mitch's W140 trans at 145k is a common failure point for 722.6 > and a cheap fix if caught early". For all I know, a Toyota enthusiast would > have fixed Byron's truck with a $15 part and 2 gallons of ATF, like my S420 > trans. > > Mitch. > > -- OK Don "Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect." Mark Twain "There are three kinds of men: The ones that learns by reading. The few who learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence for themselves." WILL ROGERS, *The Manly Wisdom of Will Rogers* 2013 F150, 18 mpg 2017 Subaru Legacy, 30 mpg 1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph! _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
