Why you should change your oil...
23 March 2011, 04:20 PM
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Why you should change your oil...
Subaru impreza 2006 140,000 miles
From the story I was told it never had an oil change, it was only ever topped up.
From the story I was told it never had an oil change, it was only ever topped up.
23 March 2011, 04:57 PM
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if he got 140,000 miles out of it by never changing the oil then i dont think he did too bad.some people who do regular changes dont get anywere near that before engine failure.
23 March 2011, 05:09 PM
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I saw something like that once in a forklift truck engine when some **** thought hydraulic oil would be fine! Seized the engine solid.
£3000 bill after we had the oil analysed.
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23 March 2011, 06:04 PM
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Dosent surprise me in the slightest TBH, they don't just get the fact that cars need maintenance, they seem to be under the impression that they will run forever.
I'm all for making people who are sitting their driving test to sit a further exam on the basics of things like checking all lubricant/fluid levels, tyre pressures etc.
My bloody sister has been past her test for about five or six years now(?) and couldent inflate one of her tyres when it lost ALL of it's pressure, apparently she had been driving on a complete flat tire for days without even being none the wiser.
I'm all for making people who are sitting their driving test to sit a further exam on the basics of things like checking all lubricant/fluid levels, tyre pressures etc.
My bloody sister has been past her test for about five or six years now(?) and couldent inflate one of her tyres when it lost ALL of it's pressure, apparently she had been driving on a complete flat tire for days without even being none the wiser.
23 March 2011, 07:41 PM
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Ive never understood why women put "one female driver" in their car adverts. Is that supposed to be a good thing? My neighbour is a single Mum who has introduced every part of her car to the metal gate posts on her drive. So far her passenger wing mirror is missing, drivers side has the glass only, hanging on by the wires, rear bumper, rear 3/4 panels, front 3/4 panels and front bumper all have dents and scratches in them, the front drivers wheel arch has been bent in so much it is running pretty much against the tyres, as well as having 2 hubcaps missing and one broken.
23 March 2011, 08:03 PM
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I know some people that NEVER even service their cars (not scoobs though) let alone do an oil change 
same principle as above ... they run it in to the ground & save £'00s per year for not doing a service 
TX.
same principle as above ... they run it in to the ground & save £'00s per year for not doing a service TX.
23 March 2011, 08:15 PM
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So probably on the original gear box oil too? Is there any left, she probably wouldn't have a clue that gear boxes need oil!
And brakes, metal on metal!?
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And brakes, metal on metal!?
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24 March 2011, 12:46 AM
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My Wife's VRS does upto 20k between oil changes and feels way tighter than the 140k it has. I often think about pushing it another 10k as she does 30k per year so it would be a decent saving.
24 March 2011, 01:04 AM
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My 06 STi Spec D is just about to hit 120,000 - depressed thinking how much I could have saved !!! 
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