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Old 09-04-2013, 01:11 AM
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Originally Posted by lorainfurniture View Post
I think there is a general fear of 4 matics for no real good reason. From my limited research, it doesn't seem like they are especially failure prone. The only drawback to me is that when it fails, the rebuild will cost twice as much.
My guess is that that's probably quite true - it is a bit like the fear of rebuilding an automatic transmission: once you've done it you're left wondering what all the fuss is about. Understanding how something works is all that is needed - if you're a pioneer, however, you usually take longer fixing stuff than the people who follow!
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