The Completely Pointless Thread II

[Twitchin Kitten]

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Nah, this car is tight, oil clear.

4k would be WAY early these days. Does your car not have the oil life indicator? Unless you are beating the shit out of it I would expect you to be able to go 5-6k. Easy. Put synthetic in it.

They most likely figured by the miles I had on it from the day of purchase and figure I drive it that often.
Took it in March, oil change now. Considering I did a road trip to Md and lots of trips into the city, that's a lot of miles for me. Normally the car sits all week until the weekends.

I only do my first oil change at 5k after that 7500k easy if its synthetic I go longer, big decider is how the oil looks etc. Alot of the dealers do the 3k/4 months because they want to "train" the purchaser to come in to get it changed more frequently so they make more money. By saying to do it in 4 month intervals instead of 6 they are getting double the money out of the person every year in oil changes.

They're getting as little out of me as possible. First change is free and now I'm going to Tranz Connection from now on. I'll be going to Bobby sometime next week anyway. Assholes never rotated the tires for me or changed the tranny fluid. Yeah, I know you don't have to, but I like to maintain good care habits from day 1 and not have to hear anyone tell me I can't change the fluid now due to slag sloughing off from the gears and shit like that. Never mind the bullshit they told me about 20 weight oil.

I'm old school. I will always do it at 3K. I don't mind spending $20 at Bobby's to do a simple oil change at 3K instead of 5K. If I go over a little with this schedule then I know I am still OK and no need to worry about the delay.