What Demographic Is The Hardest On Oil?

[Jelly]

Disregarding any professions or hobbies for the moment (racers(ing), police), what group of people do you believe is the hardest on oil?

From what I've seen over the past couple of years, I'm gonna have to say college students...

 

[buster]

I agree. High School/College students. And women.

To many would never change the oil if it weren't for the men.

 

[rugerman1]

wimmin'

 

[srivett]

Construction companies that don't have their own garage. You work 12 hours a day 6 days a week so you aren't going to go in on Sunday to have the oil changed.

Steve

 

[Gary Allan]

Young males out of ignorance and abuse. Young females out of ignorance and neglect.

 

[Johnny]

I can agree with all of the above. I have a college student (hey dad, the car is making noise)and I have a wife (honey isn't it time for you to take the car in for service dear). The wife is also a school teacher. Teachers are hard on cars. Start it up at -4 in the morning and drive 10 blocks to school. Let it set all day the drive it back. Same thing 5 days a week. When I can I take it out on Saturday for a 60 mile run at 70 mph. What is a man to do?

 

[Shannow]

inlaws

 

[Jelly]

Example:

The other night, the fire alarm went off here in the dorm at about 12:30 (ugh!). Temps outside...20F.

So, of course, what does everyone do? Jump in their vehicles and do one of if not all of the following for the next ten minutes.

1. Start up...let idle.
2. Start up, idle, blip throttle and rev-up cold engine.
3. Start up and drive like a mad man around the block a few times.

 

[oldman]

From some movies, young men on spring break in a rental.

 

[K-Man]

Young people in general, younger women in particular. But note that many parents never show or teach their kids how to take care of motor vehicles, possibly out of ignorance themselves, so what would you expect? None of this typically gets taught in school either.

Also, many women in general are supremely ignorant about vehicles. My brother worked for various auto parts stores, and he told me stories of women coming in who didn't even know what kind of vehicle they were trying to buy parts for. "It's parked right outside; can you take a look at it?" An old-time auto mechanic told me he could top that. He said that more than once female customers told him that their car had, say, four doors, and he would go out to the car to drive it into the shop to find that it had only two doors! If someone is that ignorant about a vehicle they drive every day, what does that say about how likely they are to take care of it? The mechanic told me he had concluded that women are thinking about things such as shopping and just can't get into more important everyday things such as learning about that expensive object they drive.

 

[T-Keith]

Mechanics.

 

[Big John]

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Originally posted by 1maniac:
those who lease

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Bingo....

 

[Grossomotto]

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those who lease

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They are a distant second to "those who rent". Every car I've ever rented I have driven the living **$# out of it! Bald tires, broken ebrakes, smashed windows. Have you ever seen jacka$$ the movie? Always buy the rental insurance coverage. It even covers engine failure from lost oil.

This reminds me of a Ford Contour (or close to it) I rented back in the 90's and both rear tires had bald spots in them where you could see the steel belts! It shook and sounded like a loud small airplane at 70 mph on the freeway. I drove my friend from Tucson to the Phoenix airport. He asked, "what in the heck did you do to this car?". I replied, "Don't complain, you're getting a free ride to the airport!"

Another time on a trip to San Diego, the same thing happened. Only one bald tire, though. My friend didn't think it would make it the 440 mile trip back to Arizona. Of course it did. We returned the rental car at night when they were closed and put the keys in the drop box. Parked with the flat part of the tire on the pavement.

One of the last rental cars I rented, both airbags blew out including the entire front window on an off road excursion. That was scary. I had a bloody face and sore jaw from the Kevlar airbag exploding out of the dash.

I would never in my life buy a used rental car.

[ January 27, 2005, 11:57 PM: Message edited by: Grossomotto ]

 

[1maniac]

those who lease

 

[rjundi]

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Originally posted by Grossomotto:

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those who lease

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They are a distant second to "those who rent". Every car I've ever rented I have driven the living **$# out of it! Bald tires, broken ebrakes, smashed windows.....

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Why do you feel the right to destroy property of another?

 

[Pablo]

my wife

 

[buster]

No offense, but in this area can't drive. I'm not PC so if someone wants to rip me for saying this fine, but it's the god's honest truth.

[ January 29, 2005, 03:01 PM: Message edited by: rugerman1 ]

 

[wavinwayne]

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Originally posted by Gary Allan:
Young males out of ignorance and abuse.

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Absolutely! I used to be that guy. I killed a perfectly good Mazda MX-6 out of ignorance & abuse.

Live & learn & try not to repeat your mistakes.

 

[radiometer]

Rjundi, I have the same question. I could never treat someone else's property like that. And, I'm SURELY not handling mine so abusively.

 

[ALS]

Luxury car owners. I have never seen so many BMW, Mercedes, Volvo, and Lexus's that are totally sludged up. Ask the techs and the best answer is 10K to 15K mile dino oil changes are the norm. The worst is leased luxury car owners. The service writers at my dealer tell everyone that will listen NEVER, NEVER, NEVER buy a car coming off a lease. I will never understand why someone that spends a minimum of $40,000 on a car is too cheap to change the oil. Three times since the first of December a Volvo has been towed in with a rod through the side of the block. Every owner told the same story. It just stopped running.
There was no light on the dash. I never heard any noise coming from the engine. DUH hey stupid there is a 3 inch hole in the side of your block with a connecting rod sticking out and zero oil in the pan, engine totally sludged up and your telling me there wasn't any warning or noise of any kind?