The “Hey, we bought a car!” Patreon reminder.

11 thoughts on “The “Hey, we bought a car!” Patreon reminder.”

1. What’d you buy?

   1. Funny, I was about to ask that.
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      Placing a small Amazon order, will remember to click Moe’s “shop Amazon” link..
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      Mew

   2. Funny, I was about to ask that.
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      Placing a small Amazon order, will remember to click Moe’s “shop Amazon” link..
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      Mew

   3. A Honda Fit, for my wife’s commute.

2. Recently had an oil change in June and the sticker says an oil change is required in September did something change and I missed it or is it just a predatory service station? Needless to say I won’t ever be going back!

   1. The stickers they put on always say 3000 miles or 3 months. Or at least they have said that for as long as I have been cognizant of car needs. Though that reminds me that I need to schedule an oil change.

      1. Garages almost always say 3000 miles, even dealer garages. But if you read the owner’s manual, you’ll find that most cars, unless they’re driven in harsh conditions or mostly on really short trips where the engine doesn’t have time to really warm up, you can usually go 5000 or even 7500 miles between changes.

         It’s not going to hurt anything to do it at 3000 but you’ll be paying more than you need to.

3. I ask because I know there has been a certain tension between the independents and dealerships for years and the manufacturers are on the dealerships side. This may be something Michigan only, also.

   1. It used to be a uniform every 3 months or 3000 miles.
      With synthetic blends and engines designed to work only with synthetics, the mileage has been bumped to 5000 in many cases.
      But the month stipulation is (to the best of my knowledge) really just there to keep your air filter and oil filter changes in synch. Unless you live in extreme conditions, your air filter ought to be good for quite a long time while. (And even under extreme conditions I don’t recall changing it more than twice a year, if that.)

      1. I’ve seen 5000 and even 10000 for some engines ..
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         but …
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         Even in those cases, the only thing you’re hurting by changing early is your wallet, and then it’s a “pay me now, pay me later” scenario.
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         Mew
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         p.s. I have one of the “every 5k” engine that’ll burn E-85, in a model where an “every 10k” engine that won’t burn E-85 is the most popular option .. I’ve had to remind both the dealer and the local garage that it’s “every 5k” .. and I shoot for every 3k because I want to hit 200k miles….

         1. You can probably hit 200k, if the car’s well-built, even if you aren’t terribly good at doing the oil changes on time. I’m not proud of this but I had a ’95 Escort that I only did the oil every 5-10000 miles because I kept forgetting to do it. I put 230K miles on it before it died (in a manner unrelated to lax oil changes.) In contrast, I had a lemon of an ’04 Kia Sedona that I was much better about changing the oil, and I got rid of it at about 160K (bought it at 53K) because it was constantly in need of expensive repairs.

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