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Old 11-07-2003, 01:25 PM
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Originally posted by lietuviai
Sometimes I am inclined to think that half the fun of owning a car is never needing to work on it. It gets old when you get nickle and dimed to death.
I agree there...that's the single biggest reason I gave up on gasoline engines.

I'll admit that I enjoy working on my vehicles, but needing to do something every week to keep a car running gets old after awhile...

So far, with my Benz, the only non-routine maintenance I've really had to do were the axleshafts (twice; got one bad rebuild) and the front wheel bearings...
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