Date: Sun, 17 Oct 1999 06:48:44 -0400
Reply-To: Bulley <gmbulley@BULLEY-HEWLETT.COM>
Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From: Bulley <gmbulley@BULLEY-HEWLETT.COM>
Subject: What is Preventive Maintenance? was: DM Brakes
Being a firm believer of "Preventive Maintenance", I figured I better rush
to its defense. It sounds like perhaps you DO believe in PM, but just call
it scheduled maintenance.
PM is the key to not standing on the side of the road next to your broken
vehicle. PM is not simply changing the oil at 3k. PM is changing the water
pump and all the coolant hoses simply because they are old, not because
they have failed. It is swapping out your fuel lines before they fail. Or
it is something as simple as lubricating all the door hinges and latches.
By servicing your vehicle proactively, you *prevent* many failures...
Cheers,
G. Matthew Bulley
Director
Bulley-Hewlett & Associates
www.bulley-hewlett.com
Cary, NC USA
888.468.4880 tollfree
-----Original Message-----
From: LAWS HOME [SMTP:backintime@TRITON.NET]
Sent: Saturday, October 16, 1999 9:41 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: DM Brakes
I guess I stand corrected! Maybe, or maybe not? I'm sorry if maybe I didn't
word my opinion correctly and made it sound like rotors "always" need to be
turned. If you have ever seen the rotors I've had to deal with I'm sure you
would agree with me. The DM may work well when people "take care" of their
cars, and are compliant to the needs of said vehicle, but when you tell
someone they need their brakes done and they show up two months later and
ok
the job..... !! By then the damage is done, nice grooves, gouges or
whatever
you might want to call them, in a nutshell its neglect. " I didn't have the
money to do it then" . Well I'm sorry but it will cost you MORE now, a
price
has to be paid! A little now or MORE later, took me 16 years to get this
through my wifes head. (on her car of course!) I like the idea of
"scheduled maintainance" and I've always believed that the term "preventive
maint." is a crock, you never prevent the inevitable from happening , you
merely prolong it! i.e. I change my oil every 3k, does that mean my engine
will live forever? not hardly , but it will live longer! It will eventually
need bearings and rings etc.! just my .02 ! :~)
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