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Originally Posted by ME_Andy
Hello from Austin!
I wouldn't worry much about three years. My car has an oil life monitor and it's only down to 55% after 1.5 years. I've driven probably 5000 miles in that time, too.
Might want to think about selling the car, though. Doesn't sound like you really need it. I'm trying to talk my wife down to one car. :P
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Austin !
Glad to see you here !
I hadn't noticed it, but after reading Oil Pans' tip about the oil smelling like gasoline, I noticed that it DOES smell like gas.
There is also blowby into the cylinders and when I pull out the spark plugs, they have oil in the threads.
I first noticed the oil in the threads around 10 years ago.
I have a bit of driving anxiety ( or a LOT actually ) as well as social anxiety / agoraphobia.
So this is actually my one and only car.
I live across the street from where i work and get food.
The car has never let me down despite me destroying it, so the least I can do is change the oil.
I walked over to CarMax and took a look at a Leaf.
I'm a geek about EVs, so thought about buying one ( I've seen them under 5K ! )
But with the amount of driving I do, it certainly doesnt make sense.
I also live in an apartment and would have to rent a garage $ .
How do you charge the car around town ?
Besides the chargers being out of service, or blocked, how do people in "Leaves" charge their cars when they cant fast charge like Teslas do ?
It seems like things would back up fast, and other EV owners would get mad !
BTW, I just noticed Austin just got an electric bus.
It has wheel skirts ! ( Wheel skirts, but no taper at the back though )