PLEASE DO YOUR OIL CHANGES

[dogsridewith]

Originally Posted by dogsridewith

so duplicate a bit of the system w/ a flashing check-dipstick icon every 1000 miles

Impossible, because Toyota wants the buyer to think the car will need minimal service or attention. Hard proof of this is that my Tercel and Corolla had access plugs for re-tensioning (not checking) cam belts, but nothing in any of their owners or shop manuals mentions any retensioning or tension checking...just belt replacement at 90k miles, which involves nothing to do with those access plugs. (Belts DO loosen some w/ breaking in, and belts DO last a lot longer with some tension...my guess is well beyond 90k for vehicles mentioned...I found the access plugs and re-tensioned belts at 10k or so.)