Gordon wrote on Jan 18
th, 2021 at 2:27pm:
Belgarion wrote on Jan 18
th, 2021 at 1:50pm:
aquascoot wrote on Jan 18
th, 2021 at 12:03pm:
whats the service interval on one of those?
Six months or every 12,500 k. Way too frequent.
I like Scoobies but 6 month intervals = getting tricked by a business.
has that got a boxer engine and AWD?
either way,
i sort of look at things a bit differently.
a lot of cars now offer "fixed price servicing" and i think they cut corners and dont do enough!!.
oil is cheap, fuel filters are cheap, air filters are cheap, coolant is cheap.
and things like leaving dirty coolant (which you can easily drain and replace for $60) leaves grit in the coolant that eats away at the head gasket and then you blow a head and are up for $5000.
same with a fuel filter, $50 or so and it might save you $2000 on a set of injectors (or $ 2000 PER INJECTOR on a BMW) .
anyone can learn to change all those fluids and filters.
and why trust a dealer who has some dopey kid who smokes dope and is on minimum wage , putting the oil filter back on with 2 o rings.
if you can find a car with a timing chain (so you arent up for $1500 every 100,000 km) and if you change your fluids regular, you might double the mileage you get.
and that might save you literally 100,000 bucks if you only have to buy 1/2 as many cars during your motoring life.
having said that subarus are interesting cars.
they have the best AWD system