http://www.leftlanenews.com/study-modern-cars-lasting-longer.html Car news, reviews, and specs for the auto-industry Fri, 10 Feb 2012 18:21:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.leftlanenews.com/study-modern-cars-lasting-longer.html#comment-3363 Steve Thu, 09 Feb 2006 20:16:26 +0000 http://www.leftlanenews.com/2006/01/31/study-modern-cars-lasting-longer/#comment-3363 This is how the depression got started. This is how the depression got started.

]]> http://www.leftlanenews.com/study-modern-cars-lasting-longer.html#comment-2828 madcapp Wed, 01 Feb 2006 05:49:16 +0000 http://www.leftlanenews.com/2006/01/31/study-modern-cars-lasting-longer/#comment-2828 I have to laugh when people try to talk about long term reliability, especially when brand shopping, because automotive longevity more about the owners maintenence and [lack of] abusive operation than weather its a Toyota or a Buick. Lotsa people don't understand that the reason your owners manual lists a 10,000 mile oil change interval is to lower the cost of ownership figure which is a marketing tactic, rather than reflecting how a car should be realistically maintained. I have to laugh when people try to talk about long term reliability, especially when brand shopping, because automotive longevity more about the owners maintenence and [lack of] abusive operation than weather its a Toyota or a Buick. Lotsa people don’t understand that the reason your owners manual lists a 10,000 mile oil change interval is to lower the cost of ownership figure which is a marketing tactic, rather than reflecting how a car should be realistically maintained.

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