# If I were to spend $40K on a car...

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**Category:** NYSpeed Automotive\
**Created:** [December 11, 2007, 9:48pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/if-i-were-to-spend-40k-on-a-car/40134 "2007-12-11T21:48:22Z")\
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**Post date:** [December 12, 2007, 6:10am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/if-i-were-to-spend-40k-on-a-car/40134/18 "2007-12-12T06:10:29Z")

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MEH. I owned my Elise for 2 years and 20K miles and changed the oil one time. never did any other service. But that car is not exactly an exotic.

Personally though, as a rule, I do not follow maintenance schedules, drive something into the ground and then sell it before it becomes my problem.

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