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Originally Posted by Admiral
I shouldn't be surprised, the flathead V8 is a well-engineered powerplant made of quality materials, but racking up 130,000 trouble-free miles with an engine designed and manufactured in the 1930s is nothing short of amazing. This clearly demonstrates the power of proper maintenance.
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True dat!
A related comment. I have always been religious about changing my oil, maybe even too often. I don't do that any more on my modern cars, but my 2013 Ford Focus tells me when to change the oil. I had no idea how long it would be and I was getting nervous, because it seemed like it had been a long time and I had not written down when I had last changed the oil.
Last week my change oil indicator came on, so I changed the oil and wrote down the date and mileage. I also looked up on the vast information storehouse that is our Internet, what the oil change interval on my Focus was? Turns out I have Intelligent Oil Monitoring, so the car keeps track of the kind of driving that I do and adjusts my oil change interval accordingly - between 7,500 and 10,000 miles. Nice to know that, but I am still going to track my oil changes just because.