Diesel RVs: [diesel_mercedes] Re : Why Not Grease car ?

That's why Carl :

Only a very few folks won't get tired of the B.S. & mess involved with the greasecar and begin to skip steps & cut corners then it's
Hel-OO junkyard .

I realize there are many who run grease cars for decades sans problems but statistically they're very few .

I grew up during the VW Air Cooled boom years and had my VW Shop during the glory years , as soon as it became a ' hip ' car to drive , the kiddies began buying them up cheaply and running them right into the ground .

We have thousands of junkyards in Los Angeles alone and my favorite one for over 20 years , had TWO ROWS of Air Cooled VW's , changed at least once a week . the busses were put into a different row and there were always a few extras they'd drop any old place in the yard ~ yes this was a boon for me to scavange cheap good used parts but now , here in VW Central ofTHE WORLD , there ae very few left due to attrition .

Our old Mercedes Diesels are going down the very same road , mark my words .

I hate waste of any kind & over 50 % of all greasecars are wasted and junked in 12 months or less .

FWIW , you are correct Carl , I'm just whinng .

-Nate
Carl wrote :
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> Nate,
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> Not really trying to debate this, but, using your logic, if we never use
> grease in a car, it will never end up in the junk yard?
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> You may be looking at a secondary result of the ownership. Most likely
> frugal (cheap) people use grease, people with more income/willing to
> spend it don't? I'm definitely in the frugal group, I have run WVO for
> probably 7-10 years. But the first mercedes that may be scrapped is the
> one that never ran on WVO.
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> I have a 300D that the temperature sensor wasn't working (5$ item). It
> was okay for me to drive for years as I check the fluids and know the
> car. I recently had several issues that removed my other 2 cars off the
> road. My daughter and wife started driving the 300D. The radiator
> overheated, melted the cooling hoses, melted the injector return hoses.
> Finally, they parked it after a week of abuse saying they didn't feel
> safe driving it with all of the smoke.
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> Yeah, If I win the lottery, I probably would have the mechanic fix
> things a little quicker. But at least I am now assured that the 300D
> will never die as I have not converted it to grease. ;^)
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> My grease car has two tanks. Use the proper fuel for the proper use.
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> Carl
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