What should be done for 30000 miles maintenance

[RacerFreakXXX]

lol... I'm just reading out of the 30k service, I love how negative some of you are on here and how willing you are to bash instead of help. Also I don't go by the book and do regular maintenance on my car that way it's in tip top shape. It also depends on how you drive. If you freak over replacing fluids you are stupid. I think you should replace your fluids every or every other year, do oil every 3k(or 3months), replace the air filter once a year, gap spark plugs once a year or as often as you would like and replace when needed. Same goes for brakes, check the pads and rotors and only replace when you need too. I replace the brake fluid once a year or every other year depending on how you drive. I'd replace the inside air filter once a year too. I don't see what's wrong with keeping on top of maintenance and replacing things like this keep your car running a lot longer. The only thing I would go to the dealership for is a once a year alignment and also don't forget about rotating your tires every other oil change.

PS.
This is the DIY forum, not the go to the stealer-ship forum. Trust me, I know how overpriced the dealership is, but that's why you DIY(you do it yourself)

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Originally Posted by RacerFreakXXX

lol... I'm just reading out of the 30k service, I love how negative some of you are on here and how willing you are to bash instead of help. Also I don't go by the book and do regular maintenance on my car that way it's in tip top shape. It also depends on how you drive.

There is a big difference between prefacing your statement with "I work at a dealership and this is what you should do" and "I go above and beyond, and this is what I do"

Originally Posted by RacerFreakXXX

If you freak over replacing fluids you are stupid. I think you should replace your fluids every or every other year, do oil every 3k(or 3months), replace the air filter once a year, gap spark plugs once a year or as often as you would like and replace when needed. Same goes for brakes, check the pads and rotors and only replace when you need too. I replace the brake fluid once a year or every other year depending on how you drive. I'd replace the inside air filter once a year too.

I said brake fluid is cheap so its not a bad idea to do it a little early, but it certainly isn't necessary. I stretch my oil much farther with synthetics, and clean my K&n more often. Never gapped my plugs since they are iridium .

All I can say is I still get 30+ mpg without trying and my car runs smooth and I have 73,000 miles. My coolant, brake fluid, and spark plugs all work just fine, and you are going overboard on a lot of things.

Originally Posted by RacerFreakXXX

I don't see what's wrong with keeping on top of maintenance and replacing things like this keep your car running a lot longer.

Meh, I don't remember trini performance talking about changing coolant, spark plugs, or brake fluid every 30k on his way to 350,000+ miles, and as I said my car runs like the day I bought it. To each his own though, I'm not going to get in a long drawn out argument here. I just think its shady to speak as a voice of authority from Toyota and give an inexperienced car person a huge laundry list of unnecessary maintenance.