I will second that. Every single time I have had work done on any of my vehicles at a shop, by "professional" mechanics I have been disappointed about something. That is why I am driving old VW's and MBZ's. I can fix them myself and be happy knowing I did it the way it was intended to be done; with the proper procedure, tools and materials.
Mike On Nov 7, 2011 11:17 AM, "Dimitri Seretakis" <dsereta...@yahoo.com> wrote: > I keep running into "experts" that do things wrong and get away with it > because they are "experts". I'm not an expert in a lot of things but I when > I know something is done incorrectly no "expert" is going to convince me > otherwise. I've tested the pH of MB antifreeze with litmus paper and > compared it to the standard green stuff. There is a pH difference of 2-3. > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Nov 7, 2011, at 11:03 AM, Alex Chamberlain <apchamberl...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > On Mon, Nov 7, 2011 at 8:01 AM, andrew strasfogel <astrasfo...@gmail.com> > wrote: > I've had several otherwise competent indy Mercedes mechanics fill me up > with green antifreeze (yecch). I always switch back to genuine OEM clear > coolant, but this begs the question: Do I (we) really know more than they > do? > > FWIW, the most respected indy in Portland (MBI Motors---regarded as > the West Coast's expert on M100 cars) has used plain old green > antifreeze for as long as I've been taking cars there (15+ years). > > Alex > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
