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Originally Posted by Craig
True, if he wants the gasser, he should buy it. From a straight economic (cost per mile) point of view, we should all just buy Honda Accords anyway.
My point was, one should not put $1000 into a 400K+ engine unless they are willing to go all the way.
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Agreed, but, restricting our discussion to M/B's, there are choices that are economically preferable than pouring money into an older vehicle simply because you are attached to it.
If you utilize a repair shop, and are basically clueless as to the longevity of the engine (they go 1 million miles........right?), you give the vehicle to the shop and they must attempt to determine the problem. They explain that they must remove the head to do this. You say..........OK.........because you just don't realize what you've got there. Once the head comes off, the bad news starts to accumulate in a big way.