Originally Posted By: blupupher
Originally Posted By: JoelB
You all realize he's in Michigan right? Driving that car year round is really not an option. Super common here to have a "winter beater" and only drive your nice car in the summer. Unless you want ot to rot away of course.
This is true.
If I had the money to buy an $80,000 vehicle, I would not want to drive it in the salt and snow/ice, as well as the increased chance of an accident or other damage.
But since I don't have that kind of cash and don't have to worry about salt/snow/ice, I can make all the stupid comments I want about why buy a car if you are not going to drive it.
I can also make comments about if you spend that kind of cash on a vehicle that spends most of it's time unused, then don't whine about spending an extra $100 a year on it.
Sell it if you are going to whine about it, or suck it up and deal with a "problem" that 99% of the world does not have to even think about.
If it were my vehicle and the situation the OP is in, I would change the oil once a year, screw the warranty. At 3000 miles a year, the vehicle will be at 9,000 miles when the warranty is up (it is a 3 yr/36,000 mile, correct).
Or as said above, change the oil a week or so before you put it into your 4 month storage, then change it 2 months after you take it out. Still would work out to about 800 miles on one change, 2200 on the other.
I won't take any issue with your comments being stupid, but I will take issue with me whining about anything. My question was what possible sense could a 6 month oci make regardless of mileage. That is all.
For all the Dr. Phil wannabes posting about mental state: I retired, I can afford it, I drive it when the weather is nice, and want to keep it pristine. Probably my last "fun" car. It makes me happy. I posted for information, not therapy.
Anyone that feels compelled to make stupid comments, have at it. Free country.