# Dear Car Talk Question This Week **URL:** \ **Category:** The Show\ **Created:** [February 23, 2022, 3:17pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/dear-car-talk-question-this-week/182640 "2022-02-23T15:17:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Managing-Editor-Julie](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/managing-editor-julie/32/26448_2.png) [@Managing-Editor-Julie](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Managing-Editor-Julie)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2022, 3:17pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/dear-car-talk-question-this-week/182640/1 "2022-02-23T15:17:42Z")
Hi all, I’m thinking I may start posting the most recent Dear Car Talk questions in our Community. Just in case anyone has any thoughts or comments to add to the subject. I hope that’s okay! > **[Don't Lose Sleep Worrying If Air Filters Will Disintegrate - Car Talk](https://www.cartalk.com/cars-content/dear-cartalk/dont-lose-sleep-worrying-if-air-filters-will-disintegrate)** > > I have a 2014 Ford Focus with not quite 18,000 miles. It has the original air filter. ---
**Author:** ![VOLVO-V70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/8e8cbc/32.png) [@VOLVO-V70](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VOLVO-V70)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2022, 3:23pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/dear-car-talk-question-this-week/182640/2 "2022-02-23T15:23:00Z")
> [@Managing-Editor-Julie](#): > > I hope that’s okay! Lets see , you are the Managing Editor so who is going to stop you . After Ray answers that pretty well takes care of the subject. ---
**Author:** ![Mustangman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mustangman/32/44130_2.png) [@Mustangman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Mustangman)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2022, 3:24pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/dear-car-talk-question-this-week/182640/3 "2022-02-23T15:24:59Z")
I agree with Ray’s answer. If the dealer inspected it and it is still intact, great. Leave it in and drive on. ---
**Author:** ![cdaquila](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/cdaquila/32/18089_2.png) [@cdaquila](https://community.cartalk.com/u/cdaquila)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2022, 3:25pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/dear-car-talk-question-this-week/182640/4 "2022-02-23T15:25:42Z")
I dunno…People disagree with Ray sometimes. And sometimes people post in reply to Dear Car Talks and have comments, which don’t always make sense out of context. ---
**Author:** ![MikeInNH](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a587f6/32.png) [@MikeInNH](https://community.cartalk.com/u/MikeInNH)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2022, 4:01pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/dear-car-talk-question-this-week/182640/5 "2022-02-23T16:01:59Z")
> [@Mustangman](#): > > I abree with Ray’s answer. If the dealer inspected it and it is still intact, great. Leave it in and drive on. I’ve never met a dealer that didn’t want to sell parts. So sounds like the dealer is being honest. Go figure. ---
**Author:** ![texases](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/texases/32/862_2.png) [@texases](https://community.cartalk.com/u/texases)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2022, 4:07pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/dear-car-talk-question-this-week/182640/6 "2022-02-23T16:07:40Z")
Yep, an honest service department. Very different than the one I went to, every time ‘you need an engine filter and a HVAC filter’. Even though I had just replaced both! ---
**Author:** ![MikeInNH](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a587f6/32.png) [@MikeInNH](https://community.cartalk.com/u/MikeInNH)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2022, 4:19pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/dear-car-talk-question-this-week/182640/7 "2022-02-23T16:19:08Z")
> [@texases](#): > > Yep, an honest service department. Very different than the one I went to, every time ‘you need an engine filter and a HVAC filter’. Even though I had just replaced both! When I went to the Toyota for my first 2 oil changes - the service guys wanted to sell me new air filter and cabin air filter at a sale cost of OVER $100. Needless to say I declined. Both filters were not dirty…and that cost is OUTRAGEOUS. ---
**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/30_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2022, 4:26pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/dear-car-talk-question-this-week/182640/8 "2022-02-23T16:26:44Z")
> [@MikeInNH](#): > > the service guys wanted to sell me new air filter and cabin air filter He’s not employed there anymore, but there used to be a service writer at my local dealership who would reply, “Thank you for doing that”, whenever I informed him that I had already replaced the cabin air filter myself. ---
**Author:** ![wentwest](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/wentwest/32/6073_2.png) [@wentwest](https://community.cartalk.com/u/wentwest)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2022, 4:59pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/dear-car-talk-question-this-week/182640/9 "2022-02-23T16:59:53Z")
I say try it and see if it generates a decent volume of responses. And a volume of decent responses. In this case Ray was much more diplomatic than I would have been.