Thank you Tre Born. In the
Thank you Tre Born. In the section on oil, I point out that Toyota has some conditions that require a shorter 5K oil interval. Dusty conditions is included. I calculated the costs in the story based on that shorter interval and also the "normal" 10K interval. With regard to air intake filters, I do assign a cost to the RAV4 for the engine air intake. It is there in the section on filters. The RAV4's engine air filter costs $14 on Amazon, or it costs $35 at the dealer (we phoned to get the price). It can be easily replaced with no tools, but as I mention in the story, some folks may ask the dealer to do that install, so I assigned a $50 cost to the engine air intake filter (x3 over 100K). Since both the Model Y and RAV4 Prime have cabin air filters, I did not assign any cost to either. The point of the story was to contrast the costs where they differed, so there is no need. Tesla actually has 2 cabin air filters, but I still did not assign a cost. In the RAV4, the cabin air filter is in the glove box and can be changed with no tools in under a minute. It costs $10 on Amazon. So, I think the main story went into pretty fine detail on the air filter topic. I appreciate your taking the time to chat. I have a new story about crossover maintenance coming next week and it is specifically about air filters. I'm on a mission to get owners to change their own instead of overpaying at dealers. Cheers,