that's as logical as saying that because you've never found an elephant in your fridge, that elephants don't like butter.
high mileage survival is not a function of your, er, "departure" from the service schedule - hondas and toyotas ROUTINELY get 300k+ miles on a motor, no re-bores. all that 240k proves is that [because of good production and engineering] it has survived in spite of your behavior, not because of it.
Bite me. I know plenty. I have 3 20 year old cars here that run like champs.
Maintenance is a wonderful thing. I sure hope the OP left long before you started your spew. If he listens to you he'll probably be scrapping the car at 50,000 miles.
I've seen people do the "Break it in like you're going to drive it" crap and have to do some pretty major repairs, not only to the engines, but to the transmissions, too. Oh, and I change my trans oil (Manual) every
60,000 miles, too. The manual says it's good for the life of the car. No thanks.
Oh, hey, did I ever mention, one of the cars that went over 225,000 miles was an auto. The rest were 5 speeds, and ya know what? They did it on the original clutches. Never replaced a U-Joint, either, and I certainly don't drive them like Grandpa. I own fast cars cause I like to drive FAST.
Having never failed, no lesson need be learned. There are books and SMART people out there. I learn by doing and picking brains. I see yours is picked clean.
So why didn't you change the oil every 1000 miles or every 500 miles? It would have had the same effect on longevity as 3000 mile oil changes or
5000 mile oil changes. Don't you want to buy all the cheap insurance you can buy?
You seem to think that getting 200,000 miles out of a car is some spectacular achievement that requires doing far more maintenance than necessary.
Recreational oil changing is pretty wasteful. All the experts agree that there is no additional benefit to the engine from changing the oil that often.
They told my friend that when he bought his new Camaro. He bought it three days after I bought my new Corolla. He traded the car after 3.5 years with all kinds of trouble. I kept my Corolla for 6 years and got a new Corolla. That was 22 years ago, and I still have the replacement, and it still runs, and it still doesn't burn any oil.
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