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Originally Posted by bobcowan
Maintenance on most of these cars is really not that differant than any other car you won.
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I haven't won any cars lately, but I'll assume you mean "own."
I'd have to qualify that statement by era. These cars have almost exactly the maintenance needs and schedule of any 1960s vehicle... which is vastly more demanding than most cars of the last twenty years.
We've had four new vehicles between us since 2000, and I've done less maintenance on all of them than in about any year of my older vehicles. There's almost no such thing as a tune-up, spark plugs last 100k,
oil change intervals are in the 10-15k range, interior materials are far more durable, paint and finish need hardly anything besides washing. Brakes and wipers... that's about it.
I had to stop for a fuel filter for 707 this afternoon, since I have the rear wheels off, it's right there, and I don't think it's ever been changed in the three years/5500 miles of life. She commented that she thought a new car shouldn't need so much service... I just laughed.