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Originally Posted by spdrun
I went test-driving with a friend last week. Most cars (expensive over-engineered crap aside) do in fact have dipsticks. If anything, changing the oil in some cars is easier than it was years ago.
I liked how the FR-S/BRZ had the oil filter with the threads facing down, surrounded by a little lip so you could unscrew it a bit, let the oil run back down into the engine, bag it up, then finish unscrewing. No oily mess.
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There are still a lot of choices in cars that can be worked on by the average human. And thanks to the internet, even some of the more high-tech and complex problems can be tackled.
But personally, I wouldn't even own any car that makes it difficult or impossible for me, or a typical shop, to check fluids. For a manufacturer of cars costing 50K to well over 100K, eliminating the dipsticks, and specific vehicle fluid requirements from the owner's manual, is the height of arrogance!
Happy Motoring, Mark