I know...I know....I know..but...
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"Jorge Fonyat" <fonyat@attglobal.net> wrote in message
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> Adding my two cents:
> From everything I´ve read we can now change oil at far more than 3K
> miles.
> We can debate how much... I would´t go too far from 7.500.
> No objective data to support that. Just the fact that an engine
> overhaul is so expensive that I prefer to "invest" in oil.
> On the other hand I feel there is a second and perhaps as important
> variable: time.
> I run a very low monthly mileage. This means that making 7.5K takes me
> well over one year.
> In this case, again, no objective data, I change synthetic every year
> or mineral every six months.
> On top of low mileage I have lots of very low mileage use from cold
> engine.
> I´d really like to know your thougths
For low mileages (like mine! ;o), I agree.
AFAIK, Audi also specify an annual service, as well as a mileage-based
service.
The only thing that I'd *really* disagree with them (in the UK) is their
inattention to brake fluid.
*Three* years is not, IMHO, an adequate interval.
H1K
news:d5fcf53a.0408170839.58d61cd4@posting.google.c om...
> Adding my two cents:
> From everything I´ve read we can now change oil at far more than 3K
> miles.
> We can debate how much... I would´t go too far from 7.500.
> No objective data to support that. Just the fact that an engine
> overhaul is so expensive that I prefer to "invest" in oil.
> On the other hand I feel there is a second and perhaps as important
> variable: time.
> I run a very low monthly mileage. This means that making 7.5K takes me
> well over one year.
> In this case, again, no objective data, I change synthetic every year
> or mineral every six months.
> On top of low mileage I have lots of very low mileage use from cold
> engine.
> I´d really like to know your thougths
For low mileages (like mine! ;o), I agree.
AFAIK, Audi also specify an annual service, as well as a mileage-based
service.
The only thing that I'd *really* disagree with them (in the UK) is their
inattention to brake fluid.
*Three* years is not, IMHO, an adequate interval.
H1K
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Re: I know...I know....I know..but...
Peter Bell <peter@invalid.org.uk> wrote in message news:<d12447df4c.peter@iyonix.earley.fourcom.com>. ..
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> I suspect that the oil/service companies are taking the American public
> for suckers!
BINGO!
--
C.R. Krieger
(Been there; didn't buy that)
>
> I suspect that the oil/service companies are taking the American public
> for suckers!
BINGO!
--
C.R. Krieger
(Been there; didn't buy that)
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Peter Bell <peter@invalid.org.uk> wrote in message news:<d12447df4c.peter@iyonix.earley.fourcom.com>. ..
>
> I suspect that the oil/service companies are taking the American public
> for suckers!
BINGO!
--
C.R. Krieger
(Been there; didn't buy that)
>
> I suspect that the oil/service companies are taking the American public
> for suckers!
BINGO!
--
C.R. Krieger
(Been there; didn't buy that)
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