Originally posted by DemonSVT:
Hell yeah. I put 20k extremely vicious miles on my last car (89 Conquest TSi - not remotely stock) with Zero problems what-so-ever. Took it to 7500rpm on a daily basis.
It all depends on maintenance. If you can't do it. Walk... You don't deserve a car. Sheesh... some people... :rolleyes:
I wish it were that simple. You can't maintain your car, you can't own one... Make driving a whole lot better...
Yes taking it to a shop would qualify as maintaining it before all those folks get bent out of shape... It's the people that add oil when the light comes on or the rattle/noise gets loud.. Crap like that...
I see them all the time. "errr. My car stopped running because I drove with the heat gauge maxed out. It's only happened 3 times today. Is that bad? Should I add some water - it was empty when I looked"
"And should the dipstick be dry when you pull it out?"
Congratulations sir, you just created a 300lb paper weight... 
I had a scary thought this morning, along the lines of what you are saying.
I spent last night changing rubber brake hoses on the 87 Buick because I observed a few cracks in the outer portion of the hose. (No fluid leakage, just the beginning of surface cracks.) Bled the brakes, etc.
This morning I'm thinking, how many of the yahoos that tailgate even know the condition of their brakes.
This is why I do as much of my own maintenance as I can. So I can catch stuff before it gets bad. I don't want to get suprised by anything, if I can help it.
So I'm under every car at least once a month, and I go over them for lights, fluids, etc every weekend.
I guess this is part of my Army training where you had to PMCS every vehicle before it moved from the motor pool. I was a very good motor pool officer.
Cheers,
TB
