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February 6th, and I currently have 36,006 miles on my 2011 S AWD.
I'm on my own now........(okay, there's the powertrain warranty, but that bumper-to-bumber blanket no longer comforts me).
Other than that, car still sings to me in sweet tones.
It's a locomotive on slippery Interstates.
It gets decent gas mileage for how it gets driven.
Its cabin still quietly coddles.
All I've done are its services.
Paint still attached (except where I scraped that curb).
ON MY OWN; 410 DAYS
Frankly, I have no concrete knowledge of what's been done, but my 30K service cost about $500, so I assume the cabin filter got done.
I can breathe easily in the car.....
All fluids have been replaced; that I do know. The latest alignment specs were used during the car's repair in December. I do 5K intervals for normal maintenance.
I was advised that brakes seem to need attention by 30K, but mine are still fine (even though I drive like a crack-crazed moonshiner, I try to baby my brakes). Struts/shocks get a near-daily extreme workout (pounding insanely down pot-holed and rutted unpaved roads) but continue to keep the sheetmetal off the ground.
To be blunt, I'm surprised by its durality and overall toughness. But I like that!
I can breathe easily in the car.....
All fluids have been replaced; that I do know. The latest alignment specs were used during the car's repair in December. I do 5K intervals for normal maintenance.
I was advised that brakes seem to need attention by 30K, but mine are still fine (even though I drive like a crack-crazed moonshiner, I try to baby my brakes). Struts/shocks get a near-daily extreme workout (pounding insanely down pot-holed and rutted unpaved roads) but continue to keep the sheetmetal off the ground.
To be blunt, I'm surprised by its durality and overall toughness. But I like that!
I don't recall if your car is a MT or CVT trans. So when you say ALL fluids have been replaced I wonder about the CVT and the involvement/cost of that operation, or, if it's even a good idea.
Ron
2010 Kizashi GTS, CVT, iAWD (3/10 build date)
2011 SX4 Premium Hatch, CVT, iAWD (12/10 build date)
2018 Mazda CX-5 iAWD Touring
2014 Wrangler JKUW (GONE, traded
)
1991 Samurai, 5-Speed, EFI, Soft-Top (
sold)
2010 Kizashi GTS, CVT, iAWD (3/10 build date)
2011 SX4 Premium Hatch, CVT, iAWD (12/10 build date)
2018 Mazda CX-5 iAWD Touring
2014 Wrangler JKUW (GONE, traded


1991 Samurai, 5-Speed, EFI, Soft-Top (
