View Poll Results: 15% Oil Life - Trip length relates to maintenance minder
Less than 5 miles
3
10.34%
5 to 10 miles
1
3.45%
10 to 20 miles
5
17.24%
over 20 miles
20
68.97%
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Post your miles/driving style for oil changes
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Joined: Oct 2007
Posts: 266
From: DFW, TX
My 5% light has been on for a week or so now, 5200 miles of 80/20 city/hwy miles. I don't think I'll make it to 6K before I need a change. Time-wise, that's 5200 miles in 7 months, so I'm thinking it'll be about the 8-9-month range for the change.
I won't be going to synthetic on the change, there's no real advantage on engines that don't have severe heat problems or huge loads. I don't think our little 1.5L falls under either of those categories.
One question I have is, how is the MM affected by some hypermiling techniques like stopping the engine at long traffic lights? I can see how that MIGHT make the trips look much shorter, thereby reducing the MM range. I don't have any tech on that, though.
HF
I won't be going to synthetic on the change, there's no real advantage on engines that don't have severe heat problems or huge loads. I don't think our little 1.5L falls under either of those categories.
One question I have is, how is the MM affected by some hypermiling techniques like stopping the engine at long traffic lights? I can see how that MIGHT make the trips look much shorter, thereby reducing the MM range. I don't have any tech on that, though.
HF
Last edited by HEMI-Fit; Jun 4, 2008 at 09:43 AM. Reason: insert better data
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