Re: Consider buying American!

On Fri, 15 Feb 2008 17:26:50 -0800, jim beam
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> wrote:

>
>the only reason manufacturers are going back to chain is because there's 
>a certain select bunch of whiners that bleat about the expense of doing 
>belt changes.  every 100k+ miles.  and from a bean counter's viewpoint, 
>it's much better to have a motor go 150k on a chain, then become a 
>sluggish noisy p.o.s., than have a honda motor go 300k or 400k on 
>replaceable belts with no noticeable degradation.

Spoken by the man who charges $800 for the belt.

BTW how do you know how old the belt is if you didn't buy the car new?
I have been told here the "inspection" is useless