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Car Forum / Driving, Maintenance, Tuning / General Car Topics / November 2005Low Mileage driver
I live in a small town and am lucky enough to walk to work everyday, so I put virtually no miles on my car. I think I mentioned my 10-year old automatic Tercel only had 33,000 miles on it before the accident ($4k to $5K damage to the car.) So my '06 automatic Corolla CE should arrive at the dealer in a week or so. Is there anything I should be aware of, OR are there any special things I should do to the car in order to keep it in good shape, since I drive so little--an average of 2,000 miles a year sometimes? Is it hard on a car to get so little exercise? Thanks very much. >I live in a small town and am lucky enough to >walk to work everyday, so I put virtually no miles [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > Thanks very much. Follow the maintenance schedule in the owners manual for "severe use" well I have walked to work at certain points in my life, but still but 10k a year the car (outside activities, you don't do anything after work?) Its hardest on the exhaust system because the condensation builds up and rust starts, but the money you save on gas should more then compensate for the muffle costs > well I have walked to work at certain points in my life, but still but > 10k a year the car (outside activities, you don't do anything after [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > and rust starts, but the money you save on gas should more then > compensate for the muffle costs Condensation can also build up in the oil and create sludge that can block oil passages. Oil changes every 3-6 months, even if the mileage is low. One way to avoid that is to take the car out for a 20-30 mile "spin" once a week to heat the oil up enough to vaporize the build up of condensation. If a break in period is still needed these days, you might forget about after a long time or just get sick of it . But Nickesantoro mentioned the best advice that is factory supported, easy to remember and easy to ask have done at the shop. I think why he said severe use maintenance is because one thing that is still at work in aging the car is time passage. |
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