Amen and touche. For reasons unknown to me, my 300TD stopped leaking or burning oil after it reached 270 K miles. There is absolutely no reason for me to change its regimen to $Mobil$ $1$.
Marshall is right about one thing, however. It's only expensive if people use it a certain way - by purchasing it!! Staring at those cute little four-packs in Advance Auto Parts is both recreational and free! On 8/23/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Very polite response. How many of us live in areas with those extremes? If > so, then it makes sense. Just as it makes sense if you live on the edge of > the Great Lakes and you park your car outside the garage, and the wind blows > right through the radiator, and it's a 100 year cold, and the electricity is > out, and the emergency generator won't run the block heater, you might have > to look around for alcohol based antifreeze like they used in the "old > days". If you drive a 20 year old MB, with old seals that will leak more > with M1, and it only has 50K left in it before the body rusts off, save the > money. M1 isn't for every car. Dino oil has been working very well for the > last hundred years. Having said all that and raising some BP's, I use M1 in > my new MB because that's what they recommend. I use dino in my older > vehicles because.......... because.......... that's what the manufacturer > recommends. > > Ken > > In a message dated 8/23/2005 9:33:50 AM Pacific Daylight Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > From: andrew strasfogel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [MBZ] Mercedes Digest, Vol 3, Issue 175 > To: Mercedes mailing list <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > I might consider using M1 if I lived in a harsher climate (Phoenix or > WInnipeg, e.g.) but it doesn't seem cost effective in my situation. > > _______________________________________ > For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For new parts see www.buymbparts.com > For repairs see www.oldworldauto.com > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net > > >
