V-belt is cheaper and lasts longer,
Are you sure? I've never had to
replace a serpentine yet. But I've seen allot of V-belts come & go.
Asked the folks who work on my car. Says
V-belt lasts MUCH longer but doesn't bend both ways and is a good bit
cheaper.
serpentine belts bend both ways,
multi-rib belts I haven't seen much of, but I think they're a lot like
serpentine.
Multi-rib & serpentine are the
same animal, I believe. Multi-rib refers to the belt design, but the
belts can vary in length. I'm using a short multi-rib belt for my
alternator only, but if it was longer and was used to go around my
alternator, water pump, idler pulley, power steering pump, A/C
compressor, etc, then it would be called a serpentine belt. But the
term is often used interchangeably.
At least that's
my take on it. I could be wrong.
Todd