tazinib1 Posted January 7, 2012 Share Posted January 7, 2012 Great news!! I'm no auto mechanic by any stretch of the means, but isn't this good news for car owners? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirty Sanchez Posted January 7, 2012 Share Posted January 7, 2012 I have a 2008 Cadillac CTS that runs on synthetic oil. The manufacturer says to get an oil change roughly every 12,000 miles. That's maybe once a year if I don't take multiple long road trips. Works for me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buddahj Posted January 7, 2012 Share Posted January 7, 2012 The average age of cars on the road right now is a little over 10 years old. Most of those vehicles still recommend oil changes every 3-5K. My suggestion is to check & see what your owners manual says & go by that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeeR Posted January 7, 2012 Share Posted January 7, 2012 I never changed every 3K as it was a pointless overkill. And my 06 vehicle recommended every 7.5K which I happily accepted. Using a synth blend I typically stretch it to 8K. One or two oil changes a year works for me. Supposedly there is some silly expensive oil out there that allows you to not change it for silly lengths of time (25K?) but I never researched. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nuke'em ttg Posted January 7, 2012 Share Posted January 7, 2012 My oil joint is across the parking lot from a gym with big windows, at my first oil change there i was jokin around and asked for the binoculars, dude reached under the counter and passed them over like we were best friends love that place Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chavez Posted January 7, 2012 Share Posted January 7, 2012 I really miss being able to just bike around - never mind changing oil once every 3 mos, I didn't need to get GAS more than once a month. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chavez Posted January 7, 2012 Share Posted January 7, 2012 It's costly to get up to speed for winter riding, but it's mostly a one time expense as all the stuff lasts are really long time. If you wanna chat more about winter riding, maybe start a new thread? It has nothing to do with weather - even forgoing riding when there's slop on the roads, you can get an easy 9 mos in here - and more to do with opportunity; current job requires driving in the realm of 100+ mi per day, and I'm NOT biking that on a daily basis, it just isn't feasible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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