On Mon, 17 Oct 94 10:48:50 CDT Steve Graham said: >A friend of mine has an 84 GL (water cooled and air conditioned) and >he was wondering what was the best dollar to mileage value on a >muffler. >He replaced his about 40k ( highway miles) ago with a $100 muffler >and he is due for another already. He seems to think this is too soon >for it to have to be replaced and I sorta agree with him. i don't know ... my original muffler lasted only 60,000 miles and the replacement from the dealer (!) was $316 ... and that's WITH a discount (the original price was over $500!!) and did NOT include the gaskets and a new $50 tailpipe!!! my point being that my new muffler will have to last at least 120,000 miles to get the same value as your friend's 40k/$100 muffler ... and i don't think mine will last that long. plus it's louder than the old one. i don't think i'm gonna get another one from the dealer ... i might just suck it up and go to Midas or someone. :( joel
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