I drove about 175K miles without hypermiling, and the last 20K or so feathering the throttle, shifting up....well, I guess I've always shifted up at the earliest possible opportunity. But I'm still on the first clutch, brakes go a long time, tires last around four years or so. It makes sense to amortize cost of repairs into the driving costs if you detect a change in vehicle component lifespans. But what if nothing has changed?
Sorry guys, I've got one of those deathless mid-80s Toyota pickups. I haven't had to replace anything serious yet, I don't have anything to amortize.
I expect a kid, learning to drive a clutch, to finally kill this one and then maybe I can get something that doesn't chatter when it rains. Hello, Centerforce!
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