People that won't maintain their cars

[PowerPeeCee]

This is why I think manufacturers should be compelled to use LEDs for as many lights on the vehicle as possible.

Most LEDs have something insane like a 60-100,000 hour life.
This is far longer than the conventional incandescent bulbs that no one will change when they go out.

I had to tear apart the dash on my Taurus because the little 194 bulbs behind the instrumentation all died, I was driving home one day and I heard a *tink* as the filament broke in the last bulb. I had to get my flashlight and shine it at the speedometer for the rest of the way home.

Replaced all 5 with sylvania 194LL bulbs, can't find any white LED 194 bulbs. Ford seems to use the cheapest bulbs they can get. I put all new bulbs on the car when I got it because those that weren't burned out were unacceptably dim.

 

[toocrazy2yoo]

When you get gas, just look around. Even at the BUSIEST gasoline stations (and we have some of those around here near Dulles/AOL/WorldCom area), with a dozen or more cars getting gas, NO ONE raises the hood to check the oil, etc. Looking around at the station I'm thinking of (Sunoco), I see plenty of under-inflated tires at the pumps, too.

Makes you wonder if they just let the dealer do it, or if everyone around here is on a lease, and doesn't do anything for the vehicle because they don't OWN it.. It's not just the folks you know, it's EVERYONE under the 99th percentile car-maintenance-savvy-wise. Few people even do the basics around here, anyway. Bet it's a terrible place to buy a used car, or one off the lease..