I’m assuming that you don't change your timing belt until it snaps either.
Catastrophic engine damage due to not changing a timing belt before it breaks is nowhere near the same thing as changing brake fluid that does not need changing. Your scenario is invalid. Nice try though.
And no one said that, either. But thanks for the hyperbole as you attempt, desperately, to remain relevant in this conversation.
That's your M.O. Get over it "Mr. Relevant to every conversation ever."
Bad advice from a disgruntled person.....Still from a disgruntled person who's unhappy that his advice was outed as being bad.
WTF does that mean? "Disgruntled"? How f'ing old are you? 15? My advice is not bad, you just happen to disagree with it. You're more than welcome to change any fluid you want when you want.
Why do you even bother doing it when you change your pads and rotors? By your logic, if the car is stopping fine, even if you are replacing pads and rotors, there is no reason to spend the extra time if it is absolutely unnecessary...
That's not what I said and you know it. If you change pads and rotors, you change the fluid because to not do so is a half-assed job. You don't change a clutch disk and pressure plate but not the throw out bearing or pilot bushing. So of course you change the fluid at pad/rotor changes. It's not unnecessary then but to do it when there's no need to is the very definition of unnecessary. The OP is reaching 50k and likely in need of a brake job so of course he should do it IF he gets that brake job. But to change the fluid just to change it won't address his likely need for a full brake job.
....the chances are very likely that your brake pad and rotor replacement aligns with the 3 year mark that most manufacturers recommend... regardless of the matter, I still do believe you should do it every 2 or 3 years, whatever is recommended
And that's fair and what I said originally. Everyone's VW gods Adam1991 and CB1111 are making their typical mountains out of molehills when someone (me) has a differing opinion or doesn't use their choice of words in the exact manner they want. Couple of prima donnas.
I just checked my Corvette and Camaro Owner's Manuals and NEITHER of those manuals have a brake fluid change interval defined AT ALL. So does that mean never? No, of course not. So I changed fluid at each brake change. And that's sufficient.
What is your advice for people who drive 5K/miles a year, all on the freeway--and who use their brake pads and rotors very, very little? "It'll be OK--just change the fluid 15 years down the road when you finally change your pads."
Yeah, pretty much. Brakes work? Yep. Car still stops on a dime? Yep. Pads still have 80% life left? Yep. Rotors still thick as ever? Yep. Pedal spongy or goes to the floor with the car not stopping? No? Then no need to change the fluid.
It's called preventative maintenance. Sure your car with 2mm thick rotors stops "fine", but it's due for a service isn't it? Service your brake fluid every 2-3 years.
Or, as my Corvette and Camaro manuals say, never change it at all. After all, I'm following the service intervals as defined in the Owner's Manual!
Give idiotic advice and the attack the people that call you on it - that's very mature.
Yes and you've shown time and time again you of all people know what "mature" is. Talk about idiotic advice.
What you've just told every member here is "don't ever buy a car from me because I don't maintain it properly."
Let's see..... 200SX went 114,000 miles, Mustang GT went 70,000, Z28 went 107,000, V70R went 25,000, Corvette went 70,000 not to mention the wife's 2 cars, both close to 100,000 each and not one of those cars had needless brake fluid changes and none of them ever failed to stop. Idiotic advice? No, common sense.
OTOH, you're right, because we never defined what "stopping properly" is. If "stopping properly" means getting the velocity to zero, then hitting a brick wall because your brakes that you thought were OK all of a sudden weren't, then the car is "stopping properly".
Yeah, we're peppered daily with reports of people crashing into brick walls because yesterday their brake pedal was 100% functional but on the ragged edge of hitting the service interval defined in the OM only to drive today and get killed because they went over the service interval. So I guess you're right. Failure to do everything exactly as defined in the OM will cause rampant death to all. All hail CB1111.