Let's see your daily ride...

No more daily rides since retirement.
2012 Genesis gotta trade in. Maybe Genesis SUV coupe or Lexus SUV.

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2014 Santa Fe.
Stock pics.

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iblive said:
Back on Post #7 in this thread Link I posted my main ride. 07 Civic. Today was change oil day, Has anyone ever had to use a hammer and long screwdriver to get the filter to loosen? Normally I don't need to. I did today. Combination of procrastinating and these old man hands no longer having any grip...... because I know I didn't over tighten. And before y'all chastise me for procrastinating. After I retired, I went from 250-300 miles a week driving to barely 200 miles a month. Used to fill it every ten days. Now in every two months or more.

Proof in the pudding. Big ole hole in the side of the filter.

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Pretty sure I've mentioned in another thread. But I've never had it so easy changing spark plugs. Five minutes if I hurry. Ten if I take a bathroom break.

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I sure have, many times! I don't change my oil anymore, I let someone else do it. I just can't physically do it anymore, or anything else. I don't drive much anymore, my last oil change was may last year and it's only just now a couple of hundred miles past due. I've had my Tacoma 5 years now and I've only put 30,000 miles on it since I got it.

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DirtySteve said:
I sure have, many times! I don't change my oil anymore, I let someone else do it. I just can't physically do it anymore, or anything else. I don't drive much anymore, my last oil change was may last year and it's only just now a couple of hundred miles past due. I've had my Tacoma 5 years now and I've only put 30,000 miles on it since I got it.

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Been taking my wife’s SUV to the dealer for service. Have since we bought it in 2019. But I’ve serviced the Honda myself since buying it used in 13. I could take it to one of those quickly places. Just don’t want to. I was a mechanic for several years before I got put in the parts dept. in 1980. Several owners and types of businesses later, I retired in 2020 as a parts guy. But wrenching is in my blood. Changing my own oil is simply a way to stay engaged to a past life.
 
iblive said:
Been taking my wife’s SUV to the dealer for service. Have since we bought it in 2019. But I’ve serviced the Honda myself since buying it used in 13. I could take it to one of those quickly places. Just don’t want to. I was a mechanic for several years before I got put in the parts dept. in 1980. Several owners and types of businesses later, I retired in 2020 as a parts guy. But wrenching is in my blood. Changing my own oil is simply a way to stay engaged to a past life.
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I take mine to the dealer also. When I bought the truck I bought a $300 deal for free oil changes, fluid check and refill and tire rotation for a certain amount of times or number of miles, I forget, but when it ran out last year I bought another. They also do a check list inspection every time and check the brakes and battery and all that. Totally worth it.
 
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