Originally Posted By: Gary Allan
Originally Posted By: ARCOgraphite
I have not had an engine last more than 45K miles in the past 10 years on 30wt never mind 20wt. But My commute is the equivalent of 20 1/4 mile drag runs and 5 laps WOT of Watkins Glen EVERYDAY. Poor flogged yaris. I'm harder on my cars than just about any sane person. I even blew a motor in the first hour of ownership(KIA RIO5 1.6L)
While I don't like to join in on any gang tackles, I could really use a bit more detail on this.
I'm trying to figure an hour equivalency to determine if you're trumping water craft fatigue/refresh times with how you're driving the thing.
I'd say that you're harder on cars than most less than sane people too
There are a few things that are puzzling. To do that much carnage to an engine, you would be buying cars quite often. That usually runs out of steam as you progressively get upside down as you move forward. If you can continue to do this, that implies a fatter wallet, which usually means you buy more robust cars than a Yaris. That would be the last thing most people buy if they have a wallet fat enough to scoff at bi-annual trade ins with blown engines (or thereabouts)
More robust than the Yaris? What? I had a F350 TD 4A and that was trash in 2 weeks due to a faulty BOSCH DI injector. Too bad last of the good ford bodies. And, yes, I've owned over 55 cars from a 86 Yugo (good car, me having many FIAT race parts lying about from the Lime Rock SCCA days) to 98 M-Roadster(VANOS died at 68K) I'm not trying to get 300k out of a motor, just maybe 50-60K. I like to make good time on my commute to work, but all the slugs and left lane bandits ruin a quick and easy commute. I commute at 70-90MPH 37 miles one way. BTW I am a NIASE Master Mechanic c.1978, BSME, work in Automotive/MIL/Aerospace component pilot production Engineering.