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Originally Posted by samchoi604
And who would actually go to a mechanic for an oil change? Anyone who visits a car forum and doesn't know how to change their oil should be ashamed, very ashamed.
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Yes,all automakers have a an incentive to get you into their new car showroom every 3-5 years vs every 8-10.And any manufacturerer that's offering "free" maintenence has an incentive to provide as little of that maintenence as possible.I'll be averaging about 12K-14K miles/yr on my new diesel and plan to go no more than 6 months/7K miles between oil changes,using the required synthetic of course.
And as for folks changing their own I'd love to be able to...and always did until recently.But the surgeon who recently replaced my hip (yes,I'm an old fart!) has told me that my days of changing my own oil are over.