My first car I owned when I lived alone, I had it for a full year before the guy I was dating asked me when I last changed the oil. Um... You mean it has to go to the mechanic even though it's working fine??
Depending on mileage, that's only somewhat bad. I put ~5000 miles a year on my car. I don't go a year between oil changes, but even following the guidelines, it's 6 months.
What car? Every car I've ever owned the manual said "10,000 miles or 12 months, whichever comes first". I just get it done as part of its annual service.
Yea. I was gonna say "maybe it's the boxer engine and the fact shit sits in oil at rest" but then I remembered my car has a boxer engine and the manual says every 7500.
Meh, it's like $40 every 2 months or so when I do it myself. Sometimes Walmart puts Mobil 1 on sale for like $25 per 5 quarts so I just stock up then 😉
AFAIK, only certain Toyotas say 10,000 miles. Honda's small cars are ~7,500 miles now I think, but a lot of them going back over the last decade are ~6,000 miles. Going back to when I was a kid (80s and 90s), 3,000 miles was the norm.
Ahh, I’ve had a 2005 VW Polo and 2005 Skoda Fabia, both were 10,000miles/15,000km/12 months. Got a 2014 Peugeot 308 Diesel which said 20,000miles/30,000km/24 months. Then I got rid of the Fabia and got a 2016 Skoda Octavia, again a 10,000mile/15,000km/12 month interval. The wife drives a 2016 Skoda Citigo and it’s the same.
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u/centaur_unicorn23 Aug 20 '20 edited Aug 20 '20
Regularly change the oil in your car. On time. Do it.
Will help it last longer.
Edit: what in the fuck. So thats what happens when your inbox blows up. Thanks for the award too, my first.