I call BS: "always change oil every 3k mi with synthetic, 91oct"
09-16-2011, 03:09 PM
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I call BS: "always change oil every 3k mi with synthetic, 91oct"
I've been following subie's on craiglist for awhile and besides inflated prices, I see this (or something like it) "always changed oil every 3000mi with M1/purple/etc full synthetic and 91oct gas" (even though it's an RS)
Truth or BS?
Truth or BS?
09-16-2011, 03:16 PM
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when it comes to modded cars you never know unless you did it yourself. then there is the whole my 03 has 50k miles when you know for a fact that it takes 5mins to change the cluster out.
09-16-2011, 04:56 PM
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Thats us though, we are enthusiasts. I know people that change their oil every 10-20 thousand miles. If that. And when they sell their car I am sure they will probably say they did every 5k miles.
09-16-2011, 04:59 PM
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One of my customers owns a maserati but his daily driver is a pos ford explorer. He hasnt changed oil on it for about 5years and I would say he drives it atleast 25miles a day. He just keeps adding oil.
09-16-2011, 05:24 PM
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i change the oil every 2k miles with Motul 300v Race Oil and used Amsoil Synthetic Oil Filter, thats about $100 oil change
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my other alternate was doing oil change every 1k miles using Dino Castrol and using Wix oil filter
hahaha
yes im crazy about oil
and i also changed my spark plugs every 6k miles lol
with only 35k on it i did about 6 - 7 coolant change ( tho i was using only straight Distilled Water )
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my other alternate was doing oil change every 1k miles using Dino Castrol and using Wix oil filter
hahaha
yes im crazy about oil
and i also changed my spark plugs every 6k miles lol
with only 35k on it i did about 6 - 7 coolant change ( tho i was using only straight Distilled Water )
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09-16-2011, 05:26 PM
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ask for their records> If they are **** enough to change oil that often, then hopefully they are **** enough to keep records. If dates dont add up then call them out for an explaination or walk.
