Today, you can make a pretty good educated decision on a particular car based on expected costs beyond your monthly payments, insurance, and gas costs. Historical data can give us costs on scheduled maintenance as well as known reliability costs for failed parts up to 100,000 miles. Some data even takes us up to 150,000 miles, which proves beyond a doubt that:
*You really do get what you pay for.
*An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.
*You can pay me now or you can pay me later.
* It's unwise to pay too much, but it's worse to pay too little.

My guess is that 75% of car owners give little or no thought to preventative maintenance. Regular oil changes are about the extent of their efforts. What I did for my Crossfire today is........I’m compiling an “Expected Costs of Scheduled Maintenance” and “expected reliability issues” on my Crossfire for the first 100,000 Miles.

Going to a mechanic for the Owners Manual’s Scheduled Maintenance has a ballpark price tag........ DIY has huge savings here.

Bringing into the stark reality of an “ounce of prevention”, talking about “expected reliability issues” .......( your pocketbook )..... thinking of the RCM or CPS Preventative Maintenance. How many thousands of dollars have been wasted on just these two undiagnosed items costing less than $75 ????"........ DIY has huge savings here.
An ounce of prevention also has huge savings by noticing small problems before they become big $ problems. Lots of examples of DIY savings to be found here, too !!

Untold thousands of $’s fall through The hands of the 75% who know only oil changes.

The real story here with the Crossfire Is the amazing story of its bulletproof engineering, entry cost, yearly cost, and high satisfaction number.......add to that it’s High reward for just paying attention.

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