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Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 16, 2019, at 1:29 PM, OK Don via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > wrote: > > 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 > _______________________________________ 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
