I know a guy that swore by NOT changing engine oil.
He claimed engines run longer on old oil, as the sludge and varnish compensate for mechanical wear.
He never changed oil, only added. Seriously.
I don't suppose he ever flushed his brakes, either.
As far as brake flushing being a "new-fangled" idea,
I learned it in tech school 30 years ago.
I guess that makes it a fairly new idea.
In general, There's a right way and a wrong way of doing things, and a whole range in between. Its up to the individual how to maintain a vehicle, if they have an honest, knowledgable, informative mechanic. Far too few of them out there, with shop management to back them up.
A proper tune-up, RARELY done, includes a multitude of checks, adjustments, lubes, etc. We used to call this type a MAJOR tuneup, and priced it differently from a MINOR tuneup, explaining the difference to the customer and letting them decide how to spend their money. A MAJOR tuneup was much more labor intensive and lengthy, in comparison to a MINOR one, but could discover and/or prevent future problems. Often, in service manuals, the MAJOR is defined at a longer interval than a normal tuneup. Note that MAJOR and MINOR was only our slang term for it, not normally found in tech manuals. I know of shops that will charge as if performing a MAJOR, yet only perform a MINOR.
BTW, We also flushed the brakes whenever opening the system, as part of the brake job, at no additional charge. It took a little extra time, but we could stand behind our work.
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