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You seriously don't change the oil?
by soperj 3y ago
You seriously don't change the oil?
- delfinom 3y agoI change out my Honda's oil once a year (10k miles per year), so what, $60? Heh, in my case, I would go bankrupt owning a EV because of tires. My god roads are so fucking bad in NYS that I replaced 3 tires this year alone due to massive gashes in the sidewalls. EVs being so fucking overweight do not have cheap tires, RIP.
- m463 3y agoalso in my experience tesla has terrible inside edge tire wear.
- starttoaster 3y agoI could be mistaken, but I think they're mostly not counting a procedure that basically amounts to loosening up a bolt that makes oil come out the bottom, tightening it back up again, and then adding new oil from the top side. I think the kind of maintenance they're thinking of is more like "replace the serpentine belt."
- pengaru 3y agoTiming belt is a big one for ICEs, valve adjustment if it's something racy. There's also just so many moving parts there's far more opportunity for engine failures, especially in the face of neglect/deferred maintenance. I don't think there's an EV equivalent for needing an engine rebuild/replace because you ignored the timing belt for too long on an interference motor. It's worse on newer ICEs that have to meet modern fuel economy and emissions standards too. Very high compression-ratios have become commonplace, making the consequences for neglect much more severe. You'd be hard-pressed to find a non-interference design in something modern. And turbo motors are much harder on their oil... Newer ICEs are tantamount to yesteryears high-strung race engines, too bad the chassis are so heavy.
- sokoloff 3y agoMany serpentine belts are a sub-10-minute job. Put a wrench on the tensioner, take the tension off it, slip old belt off, put the new belt on, release the wrench tension. It’s literally faster than any oil change (engine, diff, or transfer case).
- rascul 3y agoCan change the serpentine belt while waiting for the oil to drain.
- soperj 3y agoThey said they don't lift the hood.
- stbenjam 3y agoThere’s no oil to change. It doesn’t have a combustion engine.
- mulmen 3y agoIt has a differential and gearbox so it has oil.
- soperj 3y agoAre you even reading what I'm replying to? > how much maintenance does a honda ice car really require? Most of them run flawlessly for years and years, almost without opening the hood at all.
- stbenjam 3y agoMy bad
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