Well you'd hope maintenance is beyond obvious but that's not always the case with everyone. You do your maintenance so that should not have bothered you, but maybe later someone finds this thread through a search who doesn't keep up on their maintenance very well. That comment would be useful to them and maybe they'd start trying harder to keep the vehicle maintained. The strength of a forum is two-fold, first you have the members themselves who are (hopefully ) helpful and then you have the vast amount of information which comes from member discussions such as this thread.

 

Point taken. I guess for me its one of those thingsi take pride in, so i get a little defense about it. Just don't talk about how I mow my lawn......

 

Try telling that to the people who use regular dino oil and wait 10,000, 15,000, or 20,000 miles between oil changes... the people who never check their tire pressure (which makes a world of difference on mpg), check filters...

To some regular maintenance means maing sure their wiper blades are fresh, they have enough washer fluid, and they fill up with gas all the time...

It sounds weird, but you;d be surprised how many people don't know what, "regular maintenance" means.