My detail says around 6 or 7 but I am counting the snow tires and fresh summers...everything but gas and insurance, on two 9-5s. They were also both used and are near that 100K hump. I also DIY, but offsetting that, I tend to be overly proactive.

You're right, though, its hard to stomach 2 things at once, and when any car of any make hits that 90-110K mark, you usually get 2 or 3 big items. Plus, the price can be high on some of the cars like Hondas that run the waterpump off the timing belt and have a 90K interval so the whole shebang is done at once.

Throw in a battery or an alternator or an exhaust and you start feeling burned.

Thing is, I know a couple people who pay the entire lump then immediately sell the car on that bad feeling, when there was no indication that it was other than bad timing. Then they get a used car with 50K and repeat the whole thing two years later. Of the cars I've had, Japanese and European, they quiet down again at 110-120K.

When the doors fall off my Aero, then you can have it back!

--fsik



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• Car maintenance cost and how we look at it., SWEDECAR , Sat, 25 Mar 2006 14:32:23
  • But most drivers..., Peter , Mon, 27 Mar 2006 18:08:50
  • Can't always believe what they tell you., EricG, Mon, 27 Mar 2006 04:41:09
    • The maintenance hump, fsik, Mon, 27 Mar 2006 21:00:18 <-- Viewing This Message
  • Re: Car maintenance cost and how we look at it., JimBlake , Sun, 26 Mar 2006 21:46:05
  • Maintenance cost for 1998 900SET....7-cents per mile, REM in Seattle , Sun, 26 Mar 2006 10:04:44
    • The thing that offsets increased maintenance cost, PT, Sun, 26 Mar 2006 11:49:07
      • Re: The thing that offsets increased maintenance cost, REM in Seattle , Sun, 26 Mar 2006 20:16:49
  • .04 cents a mile and he is bellyaching??..., Railhead , Sun, 26 Mar 2006 01:47:14
  • Less than $100 a month, OKSaabs, Sat, 25 Mar 2006 19:44:59
  • I figure $1k/year for maint. items, still me..., Sat, 25 Mar 2006 18:01:19
  • Re: Car maintenance cost and how we look at it., Dan , Sat, 25 Mar 2006 15:59:22
  • I can't believe it's that low!, PT, Sat, 25 Mar 2006 15:07:26
    • My 900 was low costs, Dave, Sat, 25 Mar 2006 18:10:34
      • my '86 900T is nearly maintenance free, DougM , Sat, 25 Mar 2006 18:42:41
      • My 900 was low cost (my English is lousy/I'm American), Dave, Sat, 25 Mar 2006 18:16:44
    • Usually low for folks who put on lots of hwy miles. . ., Mike in Anchorage, Sat, 25 Mar 2006 17:27:29

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