re: Have you ever changed fluids in your vehicle?

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…besides oil?

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I change the brake fluid out every five years. It absorbes water from the atmosphere and degrades, leading to a stiff pedal and loss of feel. I have a shop do it on my cars and truck, since they have the right tool to activate the ABS so the module gets flushed as well. I do my motorcycles myself, and do them at least once a year, usually. Fresh fluid just makes modulating the brakes easier and you get a nice feel from the lever (not wooden).

I try and change my antifreeze every five years as well. It's just cheap insurance. I do it myself, and mix it myself with the concentrated stuff and distilled water. I run Engine Ice in my motorcycles, and don't change it unless I have to open the system for some reason like replacing a radiator.

I have the transmission fluid changed at at least half the recommended factory interval. Again, it's cheap insurance. I keep my vehicles for a long time, so it pays off for me in the end.

When I'm on the road, I have to use oil change places for my engine oil in whatever vehicle I'm in, and I see them pushing cabin and engine air filter changes on everyone, at nearly three times the cost of if they'd do it themselves. But then, most people are absolutely clueless about how to anything even as simple as changing an air filter.