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Originally Posted by Rider
But when was the last time you actually did any of that yourself? Oil change can be had for $14.95, no reason to do it yourself. Spark plugs? once every 60K. Big deal. Waterpump? have you ever had a water pump go out? I never have. Serpentine Belt? Once every 90 K. Not often enough to be a big deal.
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I do all the maintenance on my daily driver and bike and most of the maintenance on the family car (I haven't picked up the manual for it yet)
Oil change for $14.95?
Not for synthetic...
What about my time? I can change the oil in any of my vehicles in less time than it takes to drive somewhere and have someone else do it.
What about coolant flush? Should I pay some jerkoff $100-$150...and sit and wait in the waiting room?
Same goes for belts.
Yes I have had water pumps go. I also have had cars where I replaced the water pump when swapping out the timing belt.
Now you can write me off as some odd-ball, since it is rare that people actually keep cars for the life of the vehicle. Even rarer that someone does actually know how to unlatch the hood or change a tire.
I understand many have a laundry list of reasons why they don't do anything but put gas in the car.
I simply do not subscribe to that mindset.