Shocks



My '96 is in for service at the Miata dealer at around 100K miles. Original
shocks. Asked them to inspect them and advise. Answer was they're not
leaking and don't need replacement. I was shocked (shocked, get it?)
given the advice here about shocks being shot after 40K miles. Comments?


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