10-20-2004, 03:00 AM
S2,Oct 19 2004, 04:36 PM Wrote:Quite serious it's in the paper work that comes with your car. The "recommended interval" is 6 months/10,000km unless:2001 ZTS,Oct 19 2004, 10:29 AM Wrote:Are you serious? I would never EVER let it go that long. I care about my car.SilverSVT,Oct 19 2004, 04:23 PM Wrote:.......unless you have passed 3 months or 5k kilometers, but we all know that.I doubt many cars here see "severe service", most would do perfectly fine going 6 months/10,000.
-towing and/or driven in mountains
-constant stop and go, frequent idling*
-engine is used for power take off (not applicable for Focus)
In which case you then go 3 months or 5000. I've always gone about every 5 or 6 months regardless of milage.
The cars and oils have changed so much for the better in the last ten years. GM is now using 6 month/10,000km as a selling point, watch Ford start doing the same any day now.
Maybe if I had an SVT or something else similarily "higher strung" I'd go less than 10,000 km but even for my WRX it is 6000km.
*they are not talking about the kind of driving we all do, even me in downtown Toronto where it takes me 1/2 to go 4 km. They are talking about taxis and cop car type driving.
2001 Focus ZTS 2004 WRX
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