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Old 10-15-2012, 03:11 PM
JohnM. JohnM. is offline
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With those figures above I'm at .18c per mile. Also, I can't keep replacing parts at that rate, as I take an all or nothing approach with projects, so the cost of ownership should be on the decline going forward. Should be.....

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Originally Posted by TimFreeh View Post
Six sets of tires and eight alignments over a 90K service period?

I've got a 1991 W124 thats been in the family since 2003, since that point and over a 235K period its had 4 sets of tires and 1 alignment when the ball joints were replaced at 151K.

I guess I could understand 6 sets of tires if they were used tires?
Sports suspension that is lowered with low profile tires, I don't rotate my tires either. With my driving style I get about 12K min, and 20K max out of a set of tires.

I've also done a lot of the suspension projects separately as I can afford, so I've had to get alignments as needed.

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Originally Posted by lee polowczuk View Post
5x belt tensioner?
Aftermarket tensioners fail for me about every 20K.
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