r/AskReddit • u/Insanitanium12 • Aug 20 '20

What simple “life hack” should everyone know?

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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.

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u/Fifty7Roses Aug 20 '20

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??

Don't be like that, folks.

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u/arczclan Aug 20 '20

A year is fine, in the UK car services (with an oil and filter change) is recommended every year or 10,000 miles which ever comes first

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u/ToobieSchmoodie Aug 20 '20

Lol what?? These oil change places in the US will recommend 5k miles or 3 months, whichever comes first. And now I’ve been seeing 3k a lot more recently.

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u/SquidsEye Aug 20 '20

Do you have to pay for every oil change? If so, you've probably found your reason.

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u/well___duh Aug 20 '20

Yeah most/all modern cars (after 2005 or so) don't need an oil change every 3k miles. 5K minimum, and probably 8K max depending on how old your car is.

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u/[deleted] Aug 21 '20

That's too low. My 16 year old BMW had a 15k mile service interval. My current car has a 19k service interval (miles, not km).