Quote Originally Posted by kevinb View Post
True that. My 2007 Nissan Versa that I just wrecked had over 160k on it, ran just as strong as the day I got it, still could get it up to 120mph without issue and I blame this soley on my maintance. Oil and oil filter changes every 5k with full synthetic oil. Premium Fill ups once a month, and all that good stuff. I always said I hated that car and regret buying it, but it did a great job for what it was and I do miss it.


Also, yes Toyota owns Scion, Just like BMW owns Mini.
I'm not big on synthetic, because I wouldn't use it in a higher mileage car. I stick with Mobil 10w-30 every 3k miles. The filter isn't the problem, what happens around 3k and after is oil starts to break down, and then the oil gets diluted from gas and other stuff. The larger filters you can actually keep on because it still has great filtering capability, but since they've started making these tiny filters you can't do that. For example, a Motorcraft FL1A is a big filter, it fits the ford straight 6's(not sure of the year) and it's the filter for the 289-302 ford motors, not sure about the 302 in the newer mustangs as that's a different base. You could leave that filter on for two oil changes, though I wouldn't do it people have and no negative results. I just like changing my oil/filter every 3k miles, and I change the air filter as needed but I check it with every oil change. Once a month or sometimes every 5 refuels I use Lucas fuel treatment with premium. I would never recommend using any additives in the oil though. Oil works just fine how it is made and has the additives it needs already. I had an 1989 LX 5.0 5 speed that I raced and ran hard for well over 150k miles. If I recall once I got to around 175k-ish miles I had to add a little oil between oil changes but that car was driven hard everyday.

You get back what you put into your car. I do all my maintenance myself, and I'll even do preventative maintenance along the line. A lot of people don't and this is why I hate dealing with used cars, especially from the car lots. I'd rather meet the person I'm buying the car from so I can see how they take care of things, because to me that says a lot. I would never buy a car from a girl who has the attitude of being stuck-up because I can almost guarantee you she doesn't get the oil changed regularly. Sure it's not good to judge people, but asking simple questions always gives me the answers I need to know. I don't buy cars with rims either, because that normally results in transmission problems. People don't realize in automatic cars you should change the transmission fluid every 30k, because it breaks down and doesn't lubricate as good. Having huge rims on these cars is like towing something 24/7. It's bad on the motor and on the transmission, especially stopping & going.

Overall when you look up stuff depending your location what we think is "Normal Use, or Normal Service" is actually significantly wrong. Stopping & Going added with the heat of being down south is Extreme, and people don't realize that. Then the last pet peeve is when somebody is selling a car and says: "All Highway miles". So you mean to tell me you haven't driven one mile in the city? That's bull. Show me proof you owned the car since new and that you've only driven it on the highway, oh what is that? You can't? Well then to me those miles are hard miles. Same thing when people says this and that is rebuilt or changed, do you have papers, or can you show me proof? No? Then it didn't happen.