Oh, give it a rest. What planet do you live on, where expressways are full of potholes, and city streets aren't?
Sounds to me like you need to drive more carefully, and/or take better care of your cars.
That isn't what I said -- that's what *you* said.
on 5/9/2009 12:50 PM (ET) Caesar Romano wrote the following:
Perhaps an air compressor to push the oil through the filter.
I remember car maintenance in the 50's and 60's Change oil every 3000, points, condenser, plugs, air filter every 5000 > 6000 miles...
Thank God that's gone. No distributor to fuss with. My book sez "change plugs at 100K miles", Change oil when the light comes on ( usually 6000 mi. ) And somehow, they've positioned the air intake so my air filter doesn't really get dirty ! New paints mean wax once a year... ( if that )
It's worth the $20+ for a shop to change the oil & filter. Too many home mechanics used to dump it in the ground, or in the storm sewers......
About the only job left for me is filling the gas tank, and the windshield washer reservoir..... ( and since they've sized it up to a gallon, even that is a rare job.)
If the car has 15000 miles on it over 8 years with a little old lady or 1 year on the highway, what's the difference as far as wear goes? Which one will fail first????
According to your theory the little old lady's car would fail first.
I say you are wrong.
I buy 6 year old cars with 60,000 miles (100,000km) for $6000. Last one cost the original owner $38,000 to drive off the lot. I drove it 12 years, put MABEE $2000 into it in repairs, and sold it for $1700.
Wife's current car was purchased at 7 years of age for $5500. Whe've had it now for 6 years. I've put about $1500 into it for repairs, beyond normal maintenance. Original cost off the lot was about $24,000 Canadian. (V6, leather, sun-roof, all-speed traction control,CD, 4 wheel disk brakes, etc)
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OK, somehow the 20% just stuck in the brain. Big difference.
Not my experience, if the car has been maintained. At least with Toyotas. The rubber parts on Toyotas do not seem to be age sensitive at all. It's the piles of pounding that do things in.
Years ago it used to be if an engine was babied for too long, then taken out on the highway and driven hard, something was likely to fail
- PARTICULARLY if the oil was changed only according to miles (might get a change every 2 years) Not an issue on todays cars with today's oils - and the fact that engines are basically "broken in" when shipped.
I've been a mechanic since 1969.
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