Topic: What did you do to your car today?

[Seafoam]

^^ My civic with I assume the same monitoring system as your MDX is indicating about the same. Oil level appears full . About 156,000 km on the vehicle. I last changed  it May 4th of last year. Have the oil and filter, just waiting for a good warm day to do it.

[BWII]

Dug it out (yesterday), put the battery in it, fired right up, let it run 'til it was good and warm (so I could get the ice off the windows), moved it so I could clean up the parking spot...drive it around the block (whoa! BRAKES!!! Where'd you go!! I need to put more km on it)...parked it, took the battery out...and now she sits again. Who knows 'til when.


Blowed snow around the house too so we could shovel most of it away with the hopes the basement will stay dry when and if it does start to melt.  At least it'll have less snow around the house than before.
Hasn't been this deep in a very very very long time.

[bridgecity]

MDX hit 11,000 km and oil monitor is only at 40%    Checked the dipstick and it's registering about 1/2 between the full and add mark.  At 15,000 km I'll change it.  This coming from a guy who was a 5000 km changer in the old'en days.

Armada is the typical Nissan 8K km or 6 months.  I ran it up to 11K and then took it in.  Oil level did not budge and appeared clear.

Our MDX (I know, different gen) is typically around 12k or so at 10-15%.  It gets a lot of short trips though (<5km).

[Arthur Dent]

Crazy snow. 

[Bubba]

Dug it out (yesterday), put the battery in it, fired right up, let it run 'til it was good and warm (so I could get the ice off the windows), moved it so I could clean up the parking spot...drive it around the block (whoa! BRAKES!!! Where'd you go!! I need to put more km on it)...parked it, took the battery out...and now she sits again. Who knows 'til when.

Sell! Sell! Sell!

[BWII]

I know...but the problem is then what?  There's nothing to buy...that doesn't cost 10X more than what I have or could sell it for.  I'd (think I'd) like a Kia Sorento PHEV - they look nice (except for the wheels - they're kinda bleh) - but good luck finding one and for the $50g+ over what my car is worth...I can buy a lot of gas for 2,000 km a year to keep it.

[JohnnyMac]

I know...but the problem is then what?  There's nothing to buy...that doesn't cost 10X more than what I have or could sell it for.  I'd (think I'd) like a Kia Sorento PHEV - they look nice (except for the wheels - they're kinda bleh) - but good luck finding one and for the $50g+ over what my car is worth...I can buy a lot of gas for 2,000 km a year to keep it.

It sounds like you don't really need it though.  So why not sell it when the price is good and it's easy and worry about your next vehicle if and when you actually need it.

[Seafoam]

^^^^ This. It is just sitting there deteriorating . I know with my old truck if I don't use it, something will fall off of it . It needs exercise.

[PatricD]

Today I'm driving my old Mercedes

[me_2]

Have my Volt right front winter tire replaced after being pinched into a pothole. My wallet is $300 lighter 

[rrocket]

So my buddy has a brand new Dodge Durango R/T.  He went to Florida a couple weeks ago and while he was there it was time for an oil change.

He booked it in to a local Dodge dealer.  He gets the oil change done but afterwards they said he needs to stay longer as it appears that he has a catastrophic oil leak.

The manager takes him back to the shop and shows him that the entire underside of the vehicle is completely coated in oil.

Turns out, they had never seen a vehicle with a winter oil spray treatment before!!   

[TheHire]

That's pretty funny.

[pi314]

So my buddy has a brand new Dodge Durango R/T.  He went to Florida a couple weeks ago and while he was there it was time for an oil change.

He booked it in to a local Dodge dealer.  He gets the oil change done but afterwards they said he needs to stay longer as it appears that he has a catastrophic oil leak.

The manager takes him back to the shop and shows him that the entire underside of the vehicle is completely coated in oil.

Turns out, they had never seen a vehicle with a winter oil spray treatment before!!   

 

I once went in for a normal oil change at a Honda dealer in Virginia. I was there and went a touch over, and it was open/close to the family I was staying with. Had to remind them a few times that the car was showing KM not miles and that no major service was due 

[Gurgie]

So my buddy has a brand new Dodge Durango R/T.  He went to Florida a couple weeks ago and while he was there it was time for an oil change.

He booked it in to a local Dodge dealer.  He gets the oil change done but afterwards they said he needs to stay longer as it appears that he has a catastrophic oil leak.

The manager takes him back to the shop and shows him that the entire underside of the vehicle is completely coated in oil.

Turns out, they had never seen a vehicle with a winter oil spray treatment before!!   

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[EV Dan]

Have my Volt right front winter tire replaced after being pinched into a pothole. My wallet is $300 lighter 

Ouch! Looks like you've gone with the very top tier tire, like hercules    Just kidding, after labour and taxes that's fair.

[EV Dan]

So my buddy has a brand new Dodge Durango R/T.  He went to Florida a couple weeks ago and while he was there it was time for an oil change.

He booked it in to a local Dodge dealer.  He gets the oil change done but afterwards they said he needs to stay longer as it appears that he has a catastrophic oil leak.

The manager takes him back to the shop and shows him that the entire underside of the vehicle is completely coated in oil.

Turns out, they had never seen a vehicle with a winter oil spray treatment before!!   

LOL! The funny(er) part is the service person did do the oil change and only then, likely not to get themselves in trouble, told the boss something appears to be a little off 

[2JDM]

So my buddy has a brand new Dodge Durango R/T.  He went to Florida a couple weeks ago and while he was there it was time for an oil change.

He booked it in to a local Dodge dealer.  He gets the oil change done but afterwards they said he needs to stay longer as it appears that he has a catastrophic oil leak.

The manager takes him back to the shop and shows him that the entire underside of the vehicle is completely coated in oil.

Turns out, they had never seen a vehicle with a winter oil spray treatment before!!   

Thats a good one haha.

It must be hell for guys down south to work on salt-climate cars, especially older ones. Every nut and bolt is crusty and seized.

[TheHire]

Sorted and on the road! Going to get some decals for the back windshield that has our logo and "Courtesy Shuttle"

I drove this across town and back, and it drives really well. So far we did some bodywork to fix the dents, put a new windshield in it, engine oil and filter, trans fluid change, and a new battery. Total into this is just under $3k including purchase price.

[Serniter]

Looks good! 

[PJungnitsch]

A friend of ours is a Mercedes mechanic, his kids and family all drive fancy older Mercedes he picks up for nothing

For the rest of us he stresses 'Don't even think about it'