26th Oct 2018, 17:01
It is pretty ridiculous that some newer cars lack the ease of checking basic stuff like oil and transmission fluids. I can only guess it's because most Americans today don't bother to raise the hoods of their cars and would rather take them to the dealer or some oil changing place. The manufacturers probably did the math and took the course for the most common denominator and simply shaved a few bucks off the cost of building the vehicle by deleting the dipsticks.
OTOH many of the fluids in today's cars last forever. As in radiator fluid with 150,000 mile change intervals. That's bordering the average mileage people tend to keep cars these days, so the attitude might be so long as the original owner doesn't have to do anything, why bother? My Mom, who knows nothing about cars, at one time owned a 1998 Toyota Avalon. As I live across the country and would visit maybe once a year, I would on occasion check out her car. I found out that even though the car had 250,000 miles on it she had NEVER changed the radiator or transmission fluid. I did it for her and was amazed to find that the coolant actually still looked brand new and the transmission fluid was still bright red and clean.
25th Oct 2018, 18:33
My community civic association is very stringent. You need sign offs to proceed. However... Since the lift is completely inside the property, there was no civic approval required. I checked. Your community may differ, but absolutely no issue here. We are not allowed to have trailers of any kind, recycle cans visible from the street, 140 sf max wooden sheds only, fences have restrictions too, no vehicles with commercial lettering etc. They don’t want unregistered or jacked up vehicles in the community. You can do it inside a garage though. So tough rules. Wasn’t an issue. We covered ourselves with a written proposal that votes on approval. Was a green light as soon as they heard “indoors”. That doesn’t mean carport, it means enclosed. You have to store boats trailers etc elsewhere. These kits are all typically bolt together and packaged as a free standing kit. I would check first, but this is not any amazing exotic purchase anymore. Again my point was there are people that are from all walks of life on here. People with high end to people that don’t even own a car but like them or are simply passengers. If it does not apply to you, simply skip the comment. Takes seconds. Others however might love an idea and see how inexpensive this is. I also do not advertise what’s in my garage; the doors are only up when I push the openers. Why prompt thieves? You are right move on now. It’s nice that all readers can consider various alternatives. Average consumer or otherwise. You see no value and that’s totally cool. Do not consider one. This commenter also by the way drives a daily driver Edge SEL AWD. My last recent major air conditioner failure and Ford dealer repair cost exceeded the value of the lift. Interesting observation.