Can I Really Go 15-20,000 Miles On An Oil Change?

The Answer is NO!!!  Not if you want your car to last much past the warranty period.  Today’s cars have much better engines and fuel injection systems.  The recommended oil is a high quality synthetic oil.  That will get you safely to about 7500 miles on an oil change, but not to 15-20k.  What has happened is that there is a lot of competition in the auto industry surrounding cost of ownership.  It is great to try and make vehicles that will not cost an arm and a leg to maintain, but in our opinion they have gone too far.  The vehicles we see that have followed this extended interval have extensive problems with sludge build up in the engine.  This leads to some very expensive and unnecessary repairs.  Simple regular maintenance will avoid all of this.  Todays vehicles can easily go over 300,000 miles with simple regular maintenance!

Are You Ready For Your Dream Car?

We do a lot of special order car sales.  You may ask what are special order car sales?  If you know the car that you want, we search through a vast network of connections at auctions, with auto wholesalers, and with other dealers who we buy from at a wholesale price.  We can find most any car or truck and usually at a price far better than any other dealer.  When you see that ocean of cars at the large dealers, just remember that the few they sell each month have to pay the “flooring” or interest on all the rest of the cars sitting on the lot.  When we buy a special order car it goes straight to you without us having to pay the cost of flooring or a multitude of other expenses involved in holding a huge inventory.  For more details on your “Dream Car” contact Thayne at 801.472.6063 or Thayne@IndImport.com.  Thanks!

New Style Window Regulators

Ever wonder why today’s cars seem to have so many window regulator problems?  Seem like you don’t remember replacing regulators in older cars?  You are right to wonder.  The old style regulators in BMW, Audi, Volkswagen, Mercedes, Volvo, were all a very heavy duty regulator.  It used to be the only time we usually had to replace them was when someone was in an accident and it got damaged.  They rarely failed from regular use.  I don’t know who had the bright idea, but all the manufacturers switched to a new style regulator.  Instead of the old regulator with large metal teeth that meshed with the window motor, they now have a very weak regulator that is cable operated with plastic pulleys.  Most have updated them recently and are improved, but still no where near the strength of the old style.  The good news is that most of the rest of the car is vastly improved and overall our vehicles today cost much less to operate.  Feel free to e-mail any car questions to Thayne@IndImport.com.  Thanks for visiting our site!