Smart Fortwo engine life - is this true?
Our MB/Smart Service Dept reckon we will need a new engine at 70,000 miles. The car goes as well and uses the same amount of oil at 65000, current mileage, as it did at 44000 miles; about 2Lt/10000miles. Sounds like sales talk to me. What sort of engine life could we expect doing about 10,000 per year?
Asked on 26 July 2012 by Ian Machin
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MB only ever warranted this engine to 25k miles. Some go on to past 100k miles, but not many.
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