ruxvette

Well...actually...you were. And I quote: "On my C6, I do this when I wash the car"

ByRiver

I spent a lifetime putting together the tools I needed while working on my own cars. I didn't have the money to buy an air compressor and a high torque 1/2" drive impact wench when I was 16, and I was under my car trying to break loose large bolts with a cheater bar. I've pulled motors and rebuilt them, and replaced transmissions and clutches in my early 40's. My goal was to earn enough money where I didn't have to buy used vehicles anymore, but new ones under warranty. Now in my 50's, I still do my own brakes and fiddle with electrical stuff. While I have the tools to do it, I'm not going to spend my weekends replacing water pumps, alternators, or replacing a clutch, especially not on a Corvette. I can afford to pay someone do that work. and who can do it far quicker than I can. I put in my time and paid my dues. I have plenty of other cars to drive while it is getting repaired. And if I'm paying a high shop rate, I want it done right.

I have a hobby car to mess with when I have some free time to spare. But I will farm out the large tasks. That's resource management.

Garry in AZ

My Corvette has a manual transmission, so actually, I wasn't. LOL!
After re-reading my original post, I can understand how it sounded like I was saying that the list was the things I do when I wash the car.... what I meant was, that's how often I do maintenance checks, on all my vehicles, regardless of type...car truck or motorcycle. The list was just to give people an idea of what I think should be regularly looked at. I still check my oil weekly... I wonder how many people do that.

dr_gallup

I do not check my oil weekly. Once I'm confident that a vehicle is not an oil burner, as long as I don't see spots where I park it I check it less than once a month or before any long trip. Can't remember the last time I had to add a quart of oil between changes, it's been more than a decade, maybe two.

Now I do check tire pressure nearly every time I drive. It's easy with TPMS and it changes significantly with the weather. With cooler weather upon us I added 2 psi to all the Vette's tires.

Garry in AZ

Good for you on the tire pressures. Very important, and you never know when you may pick up a nail or something.
Like you, I very seldom if ever have to add oil between changes. But it gives me a chance to see other things while I'm in there. For example, last weekend I noticed a very fine mist of moisture on the high pressure power steering hose on my pickup. Not enough to drip on the floor, but it's starting... Now I know I need to change out that hose, or at least find the source of the moisture. Had I not had my head under the hood, I may have been driving along and had the hose blow, oil everywhere, and a sudden lack of steering assistance or worst case a loss of control with oil under the tires. Not good on the freeway towing a trailer.
So, I will keep getting my head under the hood of every vehicle I own on a weekly basis.

windyC6

Guess getting under the hood on a weekly basis certainly isn't gonna hurt anything. But theres a lot of things that can and will happen without warning that even a weekly check under the hood won't catch. Too many things to mention here. I'll take a peek at things under hood when i check the earl which is about every 5-K if i'm driving a known non burner, but other than that my hood stays closed cept for cleaning unless of course I see something on the ground or hear some strange noises.