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about the continual car
upcoming tasks
- next oil change: 81K miles
- next brake check: 89K
- next air filter change: 90K
- next major service: 90K
- next alignment: 6/12
- powertrain inspection: 1/13
continual car at a glance
- 2008 PT cruiser convertible automatic turbo
- this vehicle's service contract
- current mileage: 78,800
- months of use: 47
- current total vehicle cost: $39,944
- vehical cost per mile: $0.52
- current warranty return: $2846
- breakout cost of service contract: $1542
- amount saved by purchasing service contract: $1304
- number of accidents: 0
- number of scheduled services performed: 26
- fraction of total services done at a chrysler dealer: 26/28
- number of different chrysler dealers used: 13
- - of these, number that have lost chrysler's blessing: 2
- total cost of dealer services: $1489
- total cost of non-dealer services: $1081
- amount saved by using coupons: $540
- average cost of a dealer service: $57
- number of warranty/service contract repairs: 9
- - my total cost of these repairs: $400
- cast of characters on this 'blog
- (partially updated 1/27/12
world resources devoured by the continual car to date
- 2852 gallons of (87) gasoline
- 151 quarts of oil
- 26 oil filters
- 14 bottles of injector cleaner
- 8 spark plugs
- 7 air filters
- 6 tires
- 4 ignition cables
- 2 control arms
- 2 make-up air filters
- 2 roll bar trims
- 1 car cover
- 1 gas cap
- 1 rack and pinion gears
- 1 rim
- 1 seat belt attachment
- 1 tail light
- (partially updated 1/27/12)
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- non-dealer service (3)
- misc. info. (2)
- PT trivia (1)
- starting warranty date (1)
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