so I got my 2008 smart car maybe almost a year ago and when I took it for an oil change at Mercedes they told me i shouldn't take it on long drives because they overheat easily? After having to pay 300$ for an oil change idk if i can really say i trust them. I only ever drive my smart car around to and from work which is 30 minutes away. But I wanna take it on longer trips for when I go to conventions, these are usually 2-4 hours away.
My smart car has 60k miles, it runs smoothly and I havent had any issues with it.
Having just passed 207K miles on my smart, I will say that is B.S. and $300 for 3 1/2 qts of oil? Somebody saw you coming!
Of course the MB dealer in Indy wanted to charge me $50 to change the third brake light bulb when I was down there a couple weeks ago for a safety recall on my 08. I politely told then no thanks, I'll buy the $3 bulb on the way home and change it myself.... So I could see over $100 for an oil change... Go to Walmart, and pick up a 5 qt jug of 0W-40 Mobil 1 oil, and a filter, and do it yourself. Not that hard.
By the way, my smart has been on lots of long trips over it's lifetime. 600 miles to Kansas City in 2010 for the smart car Nationals, been to Tail of the Dragon, plus I drove it 90 miles a day for 7 years back and forth to work. I used to put 28-30K miles a year on it...
Still runs like a champ. Never been inside the motor or transmission. It runs 178° F all day long running down the highway...
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