Posted on 02/23/2016 11:46:57 AM PST by rickmichaels
For all the expense, worry, and inconvenience of automotive maintenance and repairs, youâd think we would know better. But time and again, we ignore or do certain things to our vehicles that will almost always drive repair bills into the stratosphere. And no matter how highly rated or reliable your daily drive is, no matter how âbullet proofâ you think it might be, these very simple things will roll any vehicle into an early grave:
(Excerpt) Read more at driving.ca ...
@#$%^&* short excerpts!!
You’re allowed to post 300 words! Use them all!
Click-bait?
Smoking inside the car ruins the resale value.
Also, don't do this.
Driving all the time is bad for and letting sit around all the time is bad.
And, never leave your bus parked in a Chocolate City during hurricane season.
don’t vote for democrats.
Well, don’t let your vehicle vote for Dhimmicrats...or your underage children...or your dead relatives...or your pets...
who’d I miss?
When I was a kid , hell just about a short few years ago, we were told to change our oil every 6-10K miles, tune-ups needed to be done in 20k miles, hoses and belts needed to be replaced every 30-60k miles and air conditioning needed to be checked annually.
But now, with almost all car companies advertising free maintenance when you buy or lease a car and the cost would be on the manufacturer( Call of the trumpets and Archangels) a milagro!!!!Oil changes at 30k, hoses and belts 60-100k and the tune-up has been all but retired.
A miracle I tell you, nothing but a miracle.
Oh, all on a single page.
but, if the car has not been driven for a while, please remember to remove the tree from the engine block BEFORe driving off.
Anybody who doesn’t already know and heed these should not be allowed to drive.
Maybe Canadians need the pointers?
Click-bait? Um...no. I figured the preamble and the link was enough. Sorry if I was mistaken.
:: Not really. Common sense stuff ::
So why not post the whole article for us?
Driving off a cliff is bad. Usually the car explodes before it even hits the bottom.
I drove one of my trucks to 280,000 with an engine light coming on and off occasionally. I had the code read and it was some BS sensor so I ignored it. The truck never lost power and mileage stayed consistent.
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