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Originally Posted by frankbenz
Just an update.
I brought the car to an indipendent mechanic that was not too happy that I brought the parts for him. And yes the Diff gear oil was half empty, dark and looks like never been change before. Got the Spark plugs replecaed with Bosch P+4.
Flex disc shows hair crack and he said wait another 10K, under the hood there are lot of plastic fastener broken, crack hoses al over, air filter housing could not close due to broken fasteners etc. I was wondering why MB could not get a better plastic components that have a better heat tolerance? Do they need to learn from the Japs??  |
Ah yes. Many independants get a "cut" on parts so I could see why he was not pleased.
Im not sure that I would want Mercedes to learn anything from the Japs. Would you want them to learn to engineer cars to go 200K miles and then be thrown away? Would you like them to learn how to make cars that have zero resale value after 10 years? They could also learn how to turn their backs on their cars after 10 years and stop selling parts like many of the Japanese car makers do as well. Replacing some plastic parts seems trival compared to recycling your car in another 75K miles.
