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Doing your own maintenance

Discussion in 'Gen 3 Prius Care, Maintenance & Troubleshooting' started by Mendel Leisk, Nov 27, 2010.

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  1. tumbleweed

    tumbleweed Senior Member

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    I have 41K miles and have done all my own maintenance from day one except the windshield replacement. I keep good records and have all of the receipts.

    I have:
    changed engine oil and filter 6 times
    changed transmission fluid once
    performed all maintenance checks required by the maintenance schedule
    rotated tires front to back once and in an X pattern once
    fixed quite a few of the numerous interior rattles

    I have had no failures or any other need for dealer service.

    I do not mind doing my own maintenance but the main reason I DIY everything is because I trust myself more than the kid working at the lube bay.
     
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  2. Mendel Leisk

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    One thing I'll give the pros: if you do something day-after-day, you do get better at it. Not that a lot of it is rocket science, but the tasks get ingrained. I'm sure they get a hard-wired checklist going after a while.

    It's kind of like movers. If you do it for a living, you grow into the job, toughen up. But if you move yourself, say once a decade, it's a very good way to put your back out.

    As a DIY'r, I try to be extra cautious: did I torque that bolt, is the car safe and secure up above me, did I screw up the quantity, and so on? Case in point, once, with a previous car, I started pouring motor oil into the automatic tranny. Got 2~3 oz in before I woke up: sh*t, sh*t moment. Did a quadruple flush, pretty costly.

    DIY'rs tend to be working under crappy conditions too.
     
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    I don't think EITHER of them have EVER done ANY car maintenance. Nancy couldn't find the dipstick, and Sarah IS a dipstick!
     
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  4. vinnie97

    vinnie97 Whatever Works

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    I'd bet Sarah could outdo Nancy on the car maintenance front. Nancy is a nanny-statist dipstick anyway...she would probably try doing the maintenance without reading the manual first (we have to pass it before we can see what's in it...let's see how well that disaster works!).:cheer2:
     
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    Sarah would quit 1/2 way through the job.



    Trump and Palen in 2012
    "You're fired" and "I quit"
     
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  7. vinnie97

    vinnie97 Whatever Works

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    ^I don't have access. People should not bring up political commentary in these forums...I only responded after the first person fired.
    I have problems with all of the above, I just hate the commie statists the most.

    Oh, and "I don't believe the liberal media" (a sticker I proudly display on my PRIUS, that must really throw some for a loop). That was a large reason for her ending her term early: costly, relentless, trumped (no pun intended) up "ethics" charges. She has to answer to the people of AK for how she uses public funds (the Feds and by extension the usurper-in-chief have more insulation since they can peg the FED for more liquidity).
     
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