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Yeah but at the same rate it's just like that with cars, too...
One of mine has 200k+ on it and click-vroom, the other is the same make and model but bigger engine different year with only 140k miles on it and it turns and turns then starts, at least 3-4 maybe 5 full revolutions. I've replaced more stuff on the latter than the earlier than I can think of and the problem has improved but it persists, hence I learned to accept it is just like that with some cars.
Spark plugs need to be replaced every 20,000 miles for regular plugs, 40k for double platinum hence I use 2x platinum because time is money too, it's not something I mind doing but the longer I can go between fooling with it, the better.
It's about electrode wear, doesn't matter if the piece is in place all the plugs wear over time and I just replace mine at the recommended intervals because it's cheap and that's just how I do things to keep up best I can.
Here are the relatively easy, basic and inexpensive DIY stuff I do:
Oil and filter change, air filter, plugs wires cap and rotor, pcv valve, breather cap, that for starters if this is all you do on the recommended interval will keep your car running a considerable time but at the very least do the oil every 3,000. This whole kit and kaboodle run you 1-200 bucks the first time around but once it's on schedule it's not so bad, just have to keep up with it.
On your car, from the sound of things, if it hasn't been done lately I would go ahead and splurge the $10 on a new fuel filter and do that, on top of the rest, just to be sure. If you don't have the repair manual for it, get that too, probably still under $200 for all of that but not by too much.
I also do trans fluid and filter every 10k but that is not what causes this, just something I do but that came later, I started out with the cheap and easy stuff.
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