I did not make a stupid comment I stated a fact...Not checking or cleaning plugs for 100K is neglect. If you can not understand or comprehend this so be it.
It is no business of mine. Just like most of what is posted here is open for comment. I voiced my opinion and you all have a right to disagree with it.
Tim in a round about way has agreed by stating if the car dies so be it .... he stated that he checks plugs as required in his aircraft at the proper times and replaces if need be.
Perhaps if I had owned a beater car and did not care about it I would have been more understanding. I understand his thinking about the Bimmer , I just did not expect it from all the other posts that he has made.
I am done with this.... I will now go back to lurking mode. :D

Yes it was a stupid comment. It came across as an arrogant ass' statement.

lol... love it!

That reminds me of my "city" car I drove when I was nursing. Mine was a 1974 Alfa Romeo Alfetta. White, rusty but damn reliable and it would start every time.
It cost me $400 and I only performed enough maintenance on that car to keep it going.

The car park at the hospital I worked at was open and easily accessible from the footpath and cars were often vandalized or stolen.
In the 5 years I worked there the Alfa was never touched... haha.

I got the idea from the Patrick Swayze movie Road House.
In that movie he drove a beater to his job as a head bouncer in bar but his good car was a late model silver Mercedes.

I know some people claim they can get 30 mpg out of an SC, and I can get 26 mpg in my 2.7L.

Maybe you should check your plugs in the SC Tim, just a thought.

30 mpg in a stock SC? :eek: Well mine averages somewhere just under 20 ever since I rebuilt it several years and maybe 20,000 miles ago. I flat out do not believe it is possible to get 30 mpg in a stock SC but if it was, I would never know it as I can't help but put my foot into that car. ;)

My cheap Bosch plugs are fine in my SC.... the CIS works perfect hot, cold or idling. The only time since I have rebuilt that car that it ran funky was when a resistor went bad in one spark plug cap.... replaced the cap and all was well again.

Well if it is any consolation prize to those that are upset maintenance had not been performed per their mentality OR for those that do not think there is a major need to do certain maintenance (I'm just trying to include 100% of us in a fancy statement) - Advance Auto Parts has Denso Platinums (for vehicles that require such plugs) at $1.99 until the 30th of the month.

Hell, you just needed to regap those plugs. ;)

tim..i once drove 55mph to a track day..just putting along. filled it up and got 30+mpg. i was amazed. another pelican was with me to verify math. took it onto the track and got 11mpg.

jwh..tim admitted he treats his car like a beater. no sense repeating it. if i had as many cars as he did..one or two would get back burner treatment for SURE! i have 3..and i get bored..you do the math. i get to plugs and oil regularly. helps keep up the the wife's perception of me..that i'm HOT!. :)

I too have performed scientific experiments to ascertain the lower financial limit in personal transportation costs. Thirty years ago I might have banged those electrodes against the concrete a couple of times to decrease the gap, and reinstalled them.

real wrenches don't replace things- they repair them and save. That's a trademark of a real mechanic. Hat's off to you for making it run as good as it does for as little as possible.

JWW is such a wrench, he doesn't insist on you buying new new new or just replacing, he makes things work and repairs what can be repaired.

On another note-

That's the thing nowadays with these oil change intervals and special air filters and marketing hype spark plugs and wires, cat back exhausts, etc etc. All of it is just crap that doesn't really help anything and in a lot of cases hurts real world performance.

"Intakes + exhaust + low resistance plug wires" LOL it's all just crap.

rjp