“The problem is that people consider the cost of maintenance to be an unnecessary burden”
While necessary, it is really expensive. What used to be an $18 oil change in the 1990’s is now $85. Our diesel engine vehicles are $277 for a standard oil change. We get two years worth as part of the purchase price, but starting later this year, that maintenance runs out and I’ll do ours. Still, the cost will be $80 for the two gallons of oil and filter.
Our little Toyota Corolla has two years of oil changes, but after that it is $85. I’ll do those oil changes myself for about $30.
As an engineer in college, I studied construction equipmet costs. The same concepts can and should be applied to automobiles and pick up and especially to private air craft.
Consider the cost of ownership and operation costs on a per mile basis. That is all the costs of the original purchase plus all the subsequent maintenance costs divided by the miles. That yields a number.
Consider the same based on the present original cost and you can see the benefits of maintenance