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Just buy a Honda or Toyota, and all you have to do is change the oil.
And brake pads please change your brake pads occasionally
and brake fluid. And Transmission fluid. And refresh your suspension once it's a goner.
You can definitely take a Toyota to like 250k miles w/o changing transmission fluid. I think they call it a lifetime fluid, as in it’s meant to last the whole designed-for lifespan of the car.
But if you want it running it’s best, for as long as possible, then of course, change those fluids too.
one of the biggest lies from manufacturers, tbh
They've had to roll back that "lifetime fluid" claim for some cars before due to early transmission failures. It's not a lot of money to change it out.
Any transmission will take damage from not changing out the fluid, you're just reducing the lifespan of it, and that's exactly what they want.
Nor is it particularly difficult, ended up doing my own a few years back when I was still in school and penny pinching.
Found a place that rented out a lift and use of their tools for like $25 for an hour. Bought some fluid, watched some videos ahead of time, and got it done in like ~30 minutes.
You def should change transmission fluid, I was just saying that these vehicles are engineered well enough to hold up for quite a while with little to no care.
Fair enough, but my thing is for anyone else reading this that doesn't know about cars, the takeaway shouldn't be "you can probably take a Toyota to 250k without changing the fluid so don't sweat it and save your pennies"
it should be "change that fluid when you are able to (search for the right intervals for your car on forums and such, but the right answer isn't "forever", even if that's what the manufacturer says). It's possible it might last until 250k if it's a Toyota and you're lucky; but you never really know, and if you don't you're only guaranteeing you won't be able to rely on that car much sooner than if you did"
I've replaced the engine in an '06 Civic Si after the timing chain lifter tensioner failed, the timing skipped, and the valves kissed the pistons.
It also ended up having some pretty gnarly electrical issues.
law of large numbers, maybe
I know just enough about engines for “valves kissed the pistons” to make me laugh in horror.