I've never had a problem with vehicles that would be classified as severe
service/ abuse giving me trouble unless they weren't being maintained. If
it's being well maintained, odds are probably good you're not as hard on it
as you think.
Aaron
----- Original Message -----
From: "Barry Oliver" <barrysuperhawk@insightbb.com>
To: <dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net>
Sent: Monday, January 03, 2005 3:41 AM
Subject: Re: DML: 4 Banger Milage
>
> Tom Byrne wrote:
> >
> > They also have weak auto transmissions. I had a 94 Spirit (bot used in
> > 1996 with 11K on it) and my wife had a 1996 Voyager (bot new and dealer
> > serviced) and both trannys went at about 60K. The diff exploded on the
> > Spirit. I will never buy another fwd auto trans again. Mopar fwd autos
> > are notoriously weak when coupled with V6's. They have cooling problems.
>
>
> Not that I would want to disagree, but my GF has a 96 stratus, and other
> than wearing stuff out [100k miles] it has been relatively trouble free.
> I haven't done anything more complicated than brakes, a waterpump
> that was weeping and misc front end parts on this car. The amazing
> part of this is that it gets driven like a baja 1000 truck all of the
> time. Everything is either full throttle, or max braking. As an
> example, she burns through a set of brake pads about once a year. [So
> far I have put on 4 sets since she has had the car.] I would have to
> categorize the use that car gets as "severe duty" in every sense of the
> term. Even at that level of abuse, it seems to be holding togeather
> pretty well... I would have no qualms whatsoever at buying one of these
> cars.
>
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