I can but it the maintenance shouldn't have to be performed in the first place. Just with my car personally, they used a hardened rubber/plastic material for all of the vac. lines. After 5 years of driving, all became brittle with the fluctuation of temp. in texas and engine bay heat (which is insulated so it stays hot). The main line leading from the vac. pump to the intake manifold split. 70 dollar replacement. American and japanese builders have been using rubber hoses since the 60s and a lot of them are still usable 50 years later and also only cost a few bucks to replace. The brake pads used on my car have wear sensors that start to chime at 50% life. This is a ripoff because that means most users are replacing perfectly good pads prematurely and they cost around 300 bucks to replace all corners (parts cost). A lot of the mercedes cars with the ABC in the early 2000's used pumps that were rated for the weight of the car. well obviously while driving, the force is a lot greater as you hit bumps than the static force of the car standing still. ALL of them fail after aroudn 60k miles and cost around 3000 to replace. the valves in the struts themselves also have a similar problem. It uses 16 spark plugs and 8.5 quarts of oil and although I can afford to replace them, it is entirely unnecessary for this type of motor and injection. The ECU doesn't even map enough fuel to need that much spark and they should have just used more powerful coils. I keep the car running very well and I even built an exhaust and did some intake work but it really isn't worth all of that work. on 01, they sold for around 120k from the stealerships. Now they are worth about 9 grand in good condition with relatively low milage.
exhaust vid for anybody who cares.
pretty much agree 100% lol.
