One last time - why would that ever be the case?
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Just drop it George . No one has even halfway thought this was a valid idea.
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Itās a hypothetical question.
I dunno. I think engineers and mathematicians like puzzles and hypotheticals. Personally I just like answers not questions. But my answer is I have never considered maintenance of a new car, nor would I. Price is not relevant. Itās like that old discussion of normal expectations. Some things are just expected in a new car. Like it will run, not catch fire, not leave parts on the road, and not require trips to the dealer every 1000 miles. Holy cow my dealer is 60 miles away. I barely make it every 30,000. Iād have to get home and turn around and go back again.
Am I the only one who would welcome minimizing the hypothetical posts?
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I have a hypothetical. If your car caught fire in your garage and burned your house down, would car insurance or house insurance cover it?
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I have both under the same broker, they can figure it out, that is why they make the big bucksā¦ 
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Is there a reason you canāt simply ignore them?
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Yeah I know the answer too. I was just being a smart aā¦
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This is a valuable site that many visit for the wealth of technical information that the contributors provide and exchange.
Superfluous posts only increase the fat-to-meat ratio and the fatigue factor of staying engaged.
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The Hyundai Excel/Accent didnāt have any ridiculous maintenance compromises, (except for timing belt perhaps) they undercut the competition on price just to get noticed by the American consumer. If car buyers place purchase price as a priority, why the decline in sales of these cars?
Consider the fuel wasted by millions of vehicles during so many trips to the service center for monthly maintenance when most vehicle have scheduled maintenance every 6 months.
Years ago, I got a lot of use from my ball joint press replacing those old high maintenance joints, I havenāt needed it much since the mid 1990ās, sealed joints last much longer. When a high failure rate occurs, there is usually a recall to correct the problem.
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For the average driver, thatās 15 times a year, 15x50 = $750 a year,
Average person keeps their car for 12 years, 12x750 = $9000
To me itās not worth saving $10,000 on the purchase price to be inconvenienced every 3 to 4 weeks for the next 12 years, and in 12 years it will probably be $100 a visit.
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FWIW I searched the greasing issue for VWs and found that the OLD king pin models scheduled greasing every 6,000 miles.
Trying to make the OP understand everything that has been said about how much more a vehicle would cost in the long run, not to mention they keep their vehicles 30-50+ years, just to save up front, is like leading a horse to water and it refusing to drinkā¦
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Letās not forget that the ā$10k savingā is entirely theoretical. If any auto mfr was actually foolish enough to think that the public wants to buy something like this, the price reduction could actually be far less than $10k.
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Seeing that the user serviceable parts cost more to make than the permanently lubed parts.
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There, I fixed it.
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Yes, you did.
Thank you.
Adding the zerk fitting must not add that much more in cost. A greaser (zerk-type) replacement tie rod end for my truck comes to all of $7 each. The $7 is not just for drilling the hole for the zerk and screwing it in. $7 is the cost for entire tie rod end, including the zerk. In any event, the greasing servicing interval isnāt really the point of the thread. Itās whether todayās car buyers are willing to trade off new car price vs the required servicing intervals. In my own case Iād be willing to have to do a 15 minute service job every 1,000 miles in return for a $5,000 discount on the price of the new car.
Give up , it is not going to happen and you would not buy a new vehicle anyway .
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