i can tell you that my 10yr old G has nothing but oil, brake, coolant, add distilled water (battery), and diff oil change. and she's running perfectly. i check steering fluid from time to time and it doesnt appear worn at all. be doing a 1qt of extract/fill this spring, but i honestly dont think it's necessary on my car.

34k miles on the odo. original battery too. im the original owner.

when she gets to 50k miles i will be doing the MT fluid change. might have a shop help me with the clutch fluid. not sure yet. clutch still feels fine.

on my dd i change fluids much sooner under severe driving conditions, but not on my hobby cars.

How do you know that they degrade from sitting? What makes you say that?

actually.. on my dd's i dont really do much work on them other than oil changes and filter type changes, and just buy a new car every 4-5yrs before value goes down.

that said, yah, op you should probably change your fluids. lol changing fluids is not my problem. :icon17:

i dont know any of the acronyms being used..making me feel more like a tool

anytime i go to any mechanic shop or get oil changed i dont like the feeling of just giving some stranger most of the time a kid my car and trusting him to do what hes supposed to

esp when half the time i watch them jolt back and forth trying to pull the car into there bay. With the Z ill be very resistant to doing that and that worries me

So DIY everything. Nothing anyone's mentioned in this thread is hard at all.