12-08-2017, 11:31 AM | #11 |
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12-08-2017, 12:07 PM | #12 |
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I just went through this with my RV (ford V-10, many quarts of synthetic blend required) It only has about 3K miles on it but is over a year old. Went to the local Pennzoil drive through (not going to put a 26 foot RV on a lift) and the owner told me to bring it back when it had 5k miles on it.
In a world where anyone seems willing to take your money, I found his honesty about what his computer system said about usage and mileage comforting
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12-08-2017, 11:38 PM | #13 |
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I used to do 12 months regardless of mileage. But we have simply too many vehicles now (have to do something about that). Four cars, three motorcycles. For the less driven ones, I've stretched it to 18 months (say 1.5k miles on a bike or 3k miles on a car).
I think it's completely fine, especially as I get the oil hot on most of those runs (never do a short cycle). I also remember when I was shopping for m3's, I looked at a local mint one. It had 14k miles and had only the first 1.2k oil change and maybe one more at 12k miles - over nearly 10 years! When I passed, the seller got all huffy, as it seems the e46 computer did not call for it based on time. Anyway, EAG bought that car and sold it for a pretty penny. |
12-09-2017, 09:02 AM | #14 |
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I wouldn't change it. If you want a little peace of mind about that decision, suck out a sample of oil and send it out for analysis.
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12-09-2017, 11:00 AM | #15 |
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I’d follow whatever the manufacturer recommends ... I do oil changes once a year and brake fluid changes every 2 years on both the R8 and 911 and like equ I wanted the maintenance records on the R8 when I bought it and every maintenance was followed to the T. For a car with 15k miles it has had more brake fluid changes then most cars had oil changes
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12-10-2017, 09:00 AM | #16 |
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Isn’t an oil analysis the same cost as a miata oil change?
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12-10-2017, 09:54 AM | #17 |
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12-10-2017, 03:19 PM | #18 |
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12-10-2017, 05:24 PM | #19 |
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Why would you put better oil than M1 in a Miata?
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12-10-2017, 09:43 PM | #20 |
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I know Mobile 1 fell off its pedestal years ago... But what exactly is better?
A while back I asked the Blackstone oil analysis guys what oil they recommended, and they said any of the synthetic oils are all pretty much in the same bucket. That made me lose interest in trying to pick the best oil. Now I just focus on trying to remember to change it once in a while. |
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