Apparently you have never driven in rush hour traffic here, I will chalk that up to your assumption of my use case.
You are wasting your money. You would be better off doing oil changes every 5k miles. Doing what you are doing tells me that you don't think practically on this particular subject. If you would ever see excessive engine wear, what would you do about it? Had you changed your oil every 5k miles then you might not have ever had the problem show up. Let me guess, you will just respond with more laughing emojis which really doesn't make much sense most times you use them.Your biased opinions being stated as facts, it made me chuckle out loud
But thats what happens when people peck around on the interent all day them post on forums, or Face Book, that part is really no different.
$150 isn't anything in 2026, that's about what we spend going out for dinner
Plus I also get to monitor the engines wear parts, that's one of the biggest reason analysis is done. If it good enough for the engines and gear boxes I work one to put food on the table its good enough for my engines
Ahhh a worrying about how others spend their money type
Do the math. If you sit in rush hour traffic and rack up 35k miles a year then you are driving for most of the day. You are driving on average 95 miles every single day to include weekends. In my area (Washington, DC), stop and go traffic means travelling maybe 10 miles per hour and no more than 15 mph on average. This equates to over six hours, or more, driving at 15 mph every single day. Let me guess, I'll get another laughing emoji or maybe a rollseyes emoji.Apparently you have never driven in rush hour traffic here, I will chalk that up to your assumption of my use case.
And I 100% understand what you are saying, I just don't buy most of it, part of the reasons for my post about 1 in 5 cars, the sky is not falling
What you are saying isn't adding up. I understand full well how engine oil analysis works. It isn't rocket science. Are we still talking about your personal vehicle?Ahhh a worrying about how others spend their money type
And we do not pay for the oil changes on our dailies, and it wasn't evem adding to the purchase price
Engines and testing of their lubricants feed my kids and still pays the bills, I will go with what I know something about, you do you
I don't think you understand how the whole oil analysis thing works or what to do with the data
It looks like you are willing to do the same.
Not at all, just responding to you trying to change my mind becasue I disagree with you. We have done this dance often, you gave your opinion and I mine, I am good. I don't need my mind changed, it wouldn't happen on this topic anyway
That's why I send mine out for analysis at 5k, 10k, 15k etc to determine change intervals for each vehicle
The oil companies what you buying oil you don't need
My 2022 Taos with dealer oil changes every 10k miles is doing great at 140k miles
Or it means until I get the change interval
Typically car companies design their vehicles to get through the extended warranty period (100k miles) with as little maintenance and repairs possible. The poor maintenance schedule they recommend serves another more sinister purpose by letting the vehicle degrade more over its first 100k miles. This causes a vehicles to be repair totaled when it ultimately has a very expensive repair which could be mechanical or electrical in nature. The dealership wins a couple of ways. First is they might get the money from doing an expensive repair. Second is they sell a new vehicle to replace the broken one that is too expensive to repair. People who move to another vehicle at around 100k miles or less generally don't have to deal with a catastrophic repair that typically happens when the vehicle out of warranty.
We know you are immune to evil plots. Others aren't so lucky.Yep its an evil plot
Not at all, but reading people peddling them on the interwebs make for a good read
You have done your fair share of peddling. Just as most of us here have done.
Just not imaginary evil plots by the auto manufacturers
You have made 30k plus posts here. What are the odds that there is at least one post that has critically targeted the auto industry?Just not imaginary evil plots by the auto manufacturers
That used to be in the owners manual. I remember reading it in the owners manual for the new 64 Pontiac my folks bought given as generalization for conditions of operation. The standard oil change frequency was given as 3000 miles, if I remember correctly.
