I, on the other hand, want to hold on to my cars forever and almost want to hold a funeral for them once I finally stop using them.It's my observation / belief that people actually just get tired of their old cars long before the cars really die. I mean, they might say "it died," but it really just needs a repair, and the cost of the repair is the tipping point for them to get what they really want: a new car (even though continuing to repair the old one would have cost less).
So I think about how to avoid getting tired of my old (now 16 year-old) car. I've concluded that keeping the interior impeccably clean goes a long way. Then, just paying up to fix the little things (e.g. buttons, accessories) as they start to break, so they don't accumulate. Otherwise you end up with a car that looks and feels like garbage every time you get inside, a car that seems like it should be replaced, even though it could probably stay on the road for a long time.Given this, I'm curious what you think about the time between changes. Toyota says 5k miles or six months for my car. I've never gone more than 5k miles, but I've only driven about 5k miles per year for the past decade. Sometimes I still change it at six months, and sometimes I've let it slide to maybe nine months.Change the oil MORE OFTEN than the manufacturer says to. I don't even care what kind of oil. Royal Purple or Spectra, it doesn't matter. If your changes are less often than 5k miles, then welcome to sludge and getting a new engine sooner rather than later...
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