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NickCats · 12-07-2007, 06:44 AM

Thanks Bob.

Gerry, all is well. The baby making is put on hold. Wife got a new job a couple of months ago and wants to wait until next year.

Yeah, I agree that it might just be better to go every 3k miles since the car is so old, but I hate just throwing money away if it's unneccesary.

dcompress, I think my guy charges me about $40 to change the oil.

So let's say I put 18k miles in two years on the car. That's 6 oil changes at $40 a pop - $240

If I change the interval to 4.5k, that's 4 oil changes or $160

I guess you guys are right. Can't hurt to change the oil more often than not, and not worth saving $80 / 2yr...

Thanks !

Nick

12-07-2007, 06:44 AM	#5
NickCats Registered User Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Chicago Posts: 1,518	Thanks Bob. Gerry, all is well. The baby making is put on hold. Wife got a new job a couple of months ago and wants to wait until next year. Yeah, I agree that it might just be better to go every 3k miles since the car is so old, but I hate just throwing money away if it's unneccesary. dcompress, I think my guy charges me about $40 to change the oil. So let's say I put 18k miles in two years on the car. That's 6 oil changes at $40 a pop - $240 If I change the interval to 4.5k, that's 4 oil changes or $160 I guess you guys are right. Can't hurt to change the oil more often than not, and not worth saving $80 / 2yr... Thanks ! Nick __________________ * http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r...s/DSC03717.jpg 1999 986 ( Black ) 1998 MB C280 ( Black ) 1999 BMW K1200RS ( Yellow ) 2005 Audi A4 ( Red )