Originally Posted By: goodtimes
This is why I and many others use our own common sense with maintenance, NOT on the manual. Do you think they want to preserve your car so you never buy another? They want maint costs to look low so you buy the car in the first place.
I reject that argument. Everyone knows cars needs maintenance. I just can't see many people deciding to buy car X because it has a no maintenance tranny vs car y that needs a drain and fill every 4 years.
If a car doesn't last to a person's expectations, they won't be buying that car brand again.
As I've stated on here previously, I'm waiting to see actual data that shows that servicing a tranny with lifetime fluid makes them last longer.
Or even data that shows that servicing the vehicle more frequently that the manufacturer recommends makes the vehicle last longer.
The spirit of contrarianism runs very deep here. And the contrast between oil and ATF approaches is even more contrarian. The oil guys are pushing their OCI well past the recommendations of the manufacturer with good success. While the ATF guys are just the opposite and changing out their ATF well before the recommendations of the manufacturer.
In 50 years, I could easily imagine 100k mile OCI.