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My old man used to buy a new Buick every 5 years. Never changed the oil. "Oil?? They put that in at the factory, boy.." They sure used to run quiet.. I imagine because the valve covers were completely sludged up. Oh. He never had an issue.
The shop normally does the change instead of me, because there's a bothersome skidplate that gets removed.
I had an economist tell me one time that the lowest possible cost of ownership for a car is to purchase a 5-8 year old luxury car and do zero maintenance on it until it dies, then scrap it and buy another one that comes with fresh fluids and tires. Apparently the darn things will often run for five to ten years with no oil changes or filters and the average cost per mile that way is minimum. I have not run the numbers. YMMV
What year model is it? I didn't have to remove the skid plate on my '91.
Back in the 90s a friend bought a new plane Jane Toyota PU. At about 90K miles the timing belt went wrecking the valve train. I asked him about not changing the belt and his response was that he had never even had an oil change. Claimed the motor was still oil tight.GliderJohn
What kinds of "luxury" cars was he referring to? Because, there are all kinds of 10 year old economy cars out there that will do the same, and for less.
It's a 2008 Miatia.
My wife has the mechanical sympathy of a house brick.I would usually find out about problems when her car stopped or on the rare occasions I drove it.Her outstanding efforts were being able to ignore the scream of the air on belt being dragged around the seized compressor, or the massive vibration caused by centre bearing failure of the drive shaft.When asked about them and how long had the noise / vibration been happening, the answer was usually about a month or what vibration?It took a surgical procedure and an act of god to remove her ass from the drivers seat and stop driving for 1/2 a day so I could service it. It often came down to let me work on it it walk when it dies and no you can't borrow mine if that happens.I feel the Saudi's for once are right.......
I think he got it wrong. 7-8 year old Luxury Cars are huge money pits. I'd go Accord, Camry. Consumers might note what cars that hold their value and why.
It's a 2008 Miatia. I've never looked at it, but according to online reports, there's a skip plate that has to be removed to get access for the oil change. Call me lazy, but that's enough for me to send it to the local garage, who changes the oil economically.
Get a Fumoto oil valve for the Miata and have a shop drill a 1 1/2" hole in the plate (if not already one there)...at oil change time, a piece of 3/8" clear tubing presses on to the Fumoto...lay free end of tubing in oil drain pan, open Fumoto valve....problem solved!
Another complaint; she will fill up only with hi-test even though the owner's manual only calls for mid-grade fuel.I've tried talking to her, but it doesn't go through.She is convinced high octane gas is better for the car.
Wait , has she been reading WG Seriously , getting someone , male or female , to become mechanically sympathetic when they are choosing not to be , is a complete waste of time . A great friend , now gone , believed his motorbikes should run forever with zero maintenance , and any mention of such activity would elicit a far away stare . I learned to "borrow" his bike every so often to perform the needed stuff , he seemed to be fine with our tacit agreement . Oh , can she cook ? DustyShe's a great cook. I imagine on cooking forums she's complaining about me. How I'll dash into the kitchen to eat unheated food, standing up, with my hands. That I should pause to dine on warm food, seated, with tableware.
Both the drain plug and filter are accessible without removing anything on my07 mx5