Originally posted by: Atheus
Smaller and more reliable engines?
Originally posted by: DVad3r
Originally posted by: Atheus
Smaller and more reliable engines?
Same model cars.
Originally posted by: Atheus
Smaller and more reliable engines?
I'm pretty sure you should change oil based on the car you have not the continent you live on though...
Originally posted by: mercanucaribe
Most cars have a recommended interval longer than 3k miles. My Grand Cherokee's is 7500 mi, and 3500 mi if your usage is harder on the engine. I change every 3000 because of all the stop and go.
No, you have that bassakwards. Just about everyone is driving under normal conditions. Ask the manufacturer directly and they say the vast majority are in NORMAL conditions. That is the definition of "normal", as in typical for most customers. But, to save themselves from lawsuits, the manufacturers make the manual read as if everyone was under severe conditions.Originally posted by: smack Down
Just about everyones driving is consider extreme conditions.
Originally posted by: 0roo0roo
maybe they use synthetic 2-4x the cost=2x the life
Originally posted by: redly1
I change my oil based on what the computer in my van tells me. I have 2700miles on the current oil change, and the Oil Life indicator is at 72%.
Originally posted by: smack Down
Originally posted by: mercanucaribe
Most cars have a recommended interval longer than 3k miles. My Grand Cherokee's is 7500 mi, and 3500 mi if your usage is harder on the engine. I change every 3000 because of all the stop and go.
Just about everyones driving is consider extreme conditions.
Originally posted by: logic1485
Oh yea, don't forget that we do a lot more city driving than you guys.
Originally posted by: Jahee
Originally posted by: logic1485
Oh yea, don't forget that we do a lot more city driving than you guys.
Sorry?
Originally posted by: mercanucaribe
Originally posted by: Jahee
Originally posted by: logic1485
Oh yea, don't forget that we do a lot more city driving than you guys.
Sorry?
I'd think Europeans would be more likely to use trains, or just walk. Maybe he doesn't realize that most of us Americans have to drive EVERYWHERE, and that driving on the highway is more stop and go than a city.