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Originally Posted by soundman98
the limit of a vehicles lifespan is directly related to how willing one is to maintain and fix what's broken on the entire vehicle.
https://www.autoweek.com/car-life/a1...on-mile-truck/
every one of these 'million mile' stories, they go through multiple transmissions, sometimes engines, and dozens of other parts.
“Things are gonna break,” says Hudson. “I just fix it as it needs it.”
follow the owners manual service intervals, and be aware of the normal noises. if it's making a noise that's not normal, be willing to either fix it, or pay someone to fix it. |
I use to have a '94 Accord back in the day,and one morning I was dropping it off for some repair work(don't even remember what was being done),and another mechanic from another shop who knew the owner was bs'ing about customer's expectations. The one thing that will always stick with me is when he said that every used car owner should allocate around $2500 per year strictly for auto repair and maintenance. You figure aside from just oil changes,you also have other stuff like new tires,shock/struts,tie rods,ball joints,CV boots/axels,tune ups,and the list goes on and on,and it's easy to see that this is a pretty good amount to have in reserve,and that's not even counting the unexpected repairs.
Personally,I feel like that theory should kick in around 100k miles on any car,and maybe even sooner for a lot of cars out there.