Thank you for your input and have a great day my friend.
Curious what was the list of things? 31k on our maverick and dealer oil changes with nothing besides the oil change. The last one they showed me my air filter and asked if I wanted a new one.i said no id just blow it out with compressed air. I also said no to the tire rotations and the " cabin" air filter.
You are blessed, my son; God is watching over you. That coffee color in your brake fluid is rust from the steel brake lines that only appears after the copper lining is already gone. I had a 72 Maverick (yeah, the car) with similar maintenance that had total failure of the service brakes at the 15-year mark from corrosion pitting of the cast iron master cylinder bore (tore up the piston seals). Everything worked great until it didn't. Back then, you could get a reman MC for about $10, of course, so the fix was cheap if you survived the trip. God watched over me too that day. Since then, I try not to push my luck so much.
You are blessed, my son; God is watching over you. That coffee color in your brake fluid is rust from the steel brake lines that only appears after the copper lining is already gone. I had a 72 Maverick (yeah, the car) with similar maintenance that had total failure of the service brakes at the 15-year mark from corrosion pitting of the cast iron master cylinder bore (tore up the piston seals). Everything worked great until it didn't. Back then, you could get a reman MC for about $10, of course, so the fix was cheap if you survived the trip. God watched over me too that day. Since then, I try not to push my luck so much.
Keep your 'cuda parking brake in good shape. You never know...
I think the advice that you are getting, although somewhat mixed, are good to keep in mind. I will add my personal feeling, and it is yes, the cost is reasonable but unnecessary service is a waste of money. If you can look up in your owners manual and see what Ford says should be done at service intervals is the better way to go. I bought a brand new Hyundai SUV that came with lifetime oil changes but starting with the second service, the advisor tried to upsell things like motor flush, fuel injector cleaning etc. I asked that they only perform what the factory said was needed to not violate the cars warranty and almost every up sale item was not stated to be done so I didn't approve them. The service writer was a bit pushy, but I held my ground and had close to 100K trouble free miles when I sold it to my brother.Thank you for the Quick response. It was things like system flushes, under carege inspection, checking for break dust around the rotors and checking engine for anything out of order. It just seemed a little out of place to me for a truck that just reached 20,000 miles, but I do understand what you are saying about preventive maintenance. I'll do a little at a time so it won't destroy my pockets.
