Gilly - Based on your comments above... when the daughter picks up the ML, should I tell her to find the first opportunity to put it in 3rd gear and drive it for at least a minute at 2500 RPM. or 4th gear?

Or is it better to just plan that trip to the dealer ASAP?

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John Myers
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