I lease my daily transportation cars and never service them at all. I
may change the oil every 20,000 miles or so if necessary, and I have
the brakes pads and tires replaced if they wear out. My last six
cars, going back to 1994, have been Chrysler products (because I was
writing their advertising). I never had to take even one of them to a
dealer. No repairs necessary.
I do service my '55 Chevy BelAir Convertible on a regular basis. I
change the oil approximately every 1000 miles, which is once a year.
I use only Mobil 1 synthetic. I rotate the bias ply tires at each oil
change. I change the spark plugs once a year just before the Dream
Cruise, because fresh plugs give it a chance to survive stop and go
driving in 90 degree weather without loading up. ('55 Chevies were
notorious for loading the plugs, due to a horrible spark plug
location. GM moved the plug for '56.) I wash the underside once a
year with mineral spirits and fantastic. I wipe the top of the engine
down almost every time I drive the car. I clean the exterior with
detailing spray wax quite frequently. Water never touches this car.
But my daily drivers? Forget it.
On Jul 25, 2006, at 5:13 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote:
> On Jul 25, 2006, at 10:39 AM, Gonz wrote:
>
>> It sounds like thats where the disconnect is then. You worked on
>> cars
>> before 1980, I worked on them past 1982 or so. lol. They *are* a
>> pain
>> in the butt now. I'm sure what you say about the pre '80 cars are
>> true.
>
> Most likely ... but *all* cars are a pain in the butt to work on now.
> I haven't seen a single car, FWD, RWD, AWD or whatever, that I'd
> *want* to work on made since 1980. On the other hand, I haven't seen
> my service expenses rise precipitously either, other than by a factor
> similar to cost of living increases.
>
> Happily, most of the cars I've owned/driven made since 1980 require
> very little other than oil changes, tires and brakes unless abused.
> The MR2 ran 160,000 miles and 18 years with very little service cost,
> and the Land Rover I've been driving for 42000 miles has required
> only four regularly scheduled service appointments. Cars have overall
> become far more reliable and long lasting, in my opinion, than what
> we used to have to deal with despite the increased complexity.
>
> Godfrey
>
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