Mercedes is in on the act: when picking up parts at the dealer, I asked how often the transmission fluid should be changed on my 1999 E300. They said "Never - it's good for life.". Of course that's bullshit. Never changing trans fluid just guarantees it will fail. They even stopped putting a drain plug on the Torque Converter. I guess they saved $1.75 by skipping the machining process of seating a drain plug. Not to mention all the repair business they will get from replacing transmissions for pissed off customers.
-Dave Walton On 9/14/07, Alex Chamberlain <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 9/14/07, Tom Hargrave <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > These days, you can drive most cars past 100,000 miles with no major > > service. > > I'm not convinced this is always a good thing. You're talking about > average service lives of components. A significant part of the data > set is under the left half of the bell curve, meaning that something > will fail before 100,000 miles---often with no more indication than > the Check Engine light and maybe a funny noise or two (easily ignored > with the amount of soundproofing in new cars). Then the average > driver freaks out at the cost of deferred maintenance, and another car > ends up run into the ground and ready for the junkyard after 10 years. > It's wasteful. > > Alex Chamberlain > '87 300D Turbo et al. > > _______________________________________ > 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 > _______________________________________ 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
