Years ago we had a ‘car repair ministry’ held in the church parking lot one Saturday per month. Some of us guys would do light repairs or maintenance on those in ‘need’ . Usually single moms or females. One black girl Charlotte had a 2 year old Toyota with 52/k miles and when I changed the oil it came out liquid black like shoe polish. It was the first oil change she had in those 2 years time. Hello— hopefully she got an education on oil change scheduling tips.
They just use you. Since its free they also dont really value what you are doing for them, theres no frame of worth reference for them to derive proper value of worth from.
Some years ago was riding with the second Mrs. Lurkin’s sister (in a Toyota) and noted it was running very rough. Asked her: When was the last time you checked the oil? She didn’t know.
She pulled over, I popped the hood and ran out the dip stick. The only oil was some dried up crust.
This person has a Masters Degree and was teaching grade school. Her hubby was a high school science teacher!
Must say though, the people who brought us Pearl Harbor build some rugged automobiles.
I know a guy who changed his oil three times in 96k miles trying to ruin a company truck to get a nicer one.
The Ranger was tougher than that. It survived the time he was assigned. Later, it was stolen and totalled.