Milwaukee 8 Reliability???
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From: backwoods
When ever you ask a question like this, you get people chiming in with low miles or not telling how many miles.
IMO you need 40k or more to say.
I been thinking of getting one. Wanted used to save few bucks, but not first few years.
The ones I really don't want, are the ones with few thousand, and warranty expiring.
IMO you need 40k or more to say.
I been thinking of getting one. Wanted used to save few bucks, but not first few years.
The ones I really don't want, are the ones with few thousand, and warranty expiring.
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From: MS
When ever you ask a question like this, you get people chiming in with low miles or not telling how many miles.
IMO you need 40k or more to say.
I been thinking of getting one. Wanted used to save few bucks, but not first few years.
The ones I really don't want, are the ones with few thousand, and warranty expiring.
IMO you need 40k or more to say.
I been thinking of getting one. Wanted used to save few bucks, but not first few years.
The ones I really don't want, are the ones with few thousand, and warranty expiring.
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From: backwoods
Do I have to one , to ask about reliability???? That makes no sense.
Just like an auto, I don't care aabout it until after a 100.
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From: MS
Do you have to have one (M8 or literally anything) to comment on it's reliability? Yes, that makes perfect sense.
So for one to say that a person has to have an M8 (or again anything) for 40K before you can comment on its reliability is nonsense if you don't own one. I wouldn't dream of telling someone they have to have "X" amount of miles on their TC or Shovel before they can comment on it because I've never owned either. If you don't have any personal experience with one, you have zero point of reference. You just have what others say and have experienced that actually know what they are talking about. But you're not interested with what others have to say. You're just interested in being "right".
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they are great bikes for anyone that wants one and can afford one just go buy one and start riding..they ain't cheap, but better than their predecessors which benefited from spending extra $$ on performance upgrades..which isn't needed with these new M8s
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Not sure, but I think the point was that "I've had this thing for 100K miles and haven't had any problems" is better input about reliability than "I've had this thing for 10K miles and haven't had any problems." And that inquiring about reliability before buying something is a good idea and pretty common.