Every machine including our beloved Mercedes has a designed in life span. And the life span is based on Engineering & financial limitations.
We replace items that reach their end of life (alternators, starters, water pumps, etc...) without a second though but we balk at transmissions, heads, differentials and engines. I guess because they seem so integral with the car or because they last so long. I once read that Mercedes bodies were good for about 1,000,000 miles. To put things into perspective, this translates into 3 - 4 engines, 2 - 5 transmissions and 2 - 3 differentials. Concerning the "slightly taken care of" comment. I believe that there is little you can do to make a machine last past it's designed in point of failure but there is a lot you can do to shorten it's service life. Just perform no or minimal maintenance on the item! Thanks, Tom Hargrave 256-656-1924 www.kegkits.com -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, September 03, 2006 7:29 PM To: mercedes@okiebenz.com Subject: [MBZ] Whistling in the dark..... <<I think we are spoiled in a way. We believe our cars will last and last and last by performing the normal "routine maintenance." Sometimes it's hard to think of doing heads, etc., as routine maintenance because these things are so stinkin bulletproof dependable if even slightly taken care of.>> Do you really honest-to-God believe that? RLE _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com 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://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
