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Originally Posted by strat61caster
I would classify that as abuse.
A redline a day keeps the carbon away.
I'll take a track toy that's had the shit kicked out of it and diligent maintenance over 'granma's Sunday driver that's never been on the freeway with dealership maintenance' any day of the week and twice on Sunday. But those are rare cars and only exist in hypothetical discussions.
As for the OP, double check that it's accident free, maintenance records on all the oil changes, and budget for new tires and brakes in the near future (<$700 unless you want big upgrades), understand the 60k service is coming up and have fun.
People bitch about the spark plugs, but most 86's will never see more than 4 sets of spark plugs in their lifetime, most owners will have to replace them at most once or twice, it's not that bad.
As above, the vast majority of cars are solid through 150k even 200k except for model specific quirks and the parts that wear out. My car will cross 50k in the next few weeks and it's never been back to the dealer for service, I don't anticipate it will be going back while I own it. |
Keeps the carbon away? These are 1964 Chev 327s or something?
I stated the dealer service because you are assured that there is a proper paper trail not that they are necessarily doing a better job than some owners. But... How many posts have we seen where somebody new to the whole self maintenance concept were denied warranty because they didn't keep records?
Also think how may guys that obviously don't have a clue what they are doing come here and ask about complex mods that they are going to do themselves? Yes, everybody has to start someplace but I sure as hell don't want to buy Billy Bob's learning experience turbo install.
Granny's Sunday driver would be a great choice for many young buyers and yes they do exist and probably in greater numbers than the people on this forum would ever like to admit.