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bluecollar2

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3. you're a pro driver

Reply to Tobin S. (Original post)

Sun Feb 5, 2017, 06:02 PM

Feb 2017

So I think you understand the reality.

I'm a mechanic...have been for over thirty years.

TRuth in advertising, I'm an aircraft mechanic rather than an automobile mechanic but the basic principals are the same.

Prevenative maintenance is the key...

I drive a 1998 Jeep Cherokee...

I've replaced tires, batteries, headlights, and one a/c compressor.

My view....

The cost of preventing repairs is far lower than accomplishing them.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure...

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Thoughts on Cars [View all] Tobin S. Feb 2017 OP

If they ever hit production, I'd like to get one of these. CentralMass Feb 2017 #1

I'd like to get that kind of fuel mileage. Tobin S. Feb 2017 #2

you're a pro driver bluecollar2 Feb 2017 #3

10-4, bluecollar2. Tobin S. Feb 2017 #5

it's less expensive to do the maintenance bluecollar2 Feb 2017 #4