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Shadow
01-08-2012, 01:24 PM
When was the last time state tax dollars went toward telling you not to do something?

Ads against drunk driving, certainly. Perhaps ads against smoking cigarettes.

But now, California (http://us.lrd.yahoo.com/SIG=1190r5fu7/EXP=1327256444/**http%3A//yhoo.it/wtmblq) is embarking on a campaign to persuade its citizens not to change their oil so much.

More modern motor oils, better control of the combustion process through vastly more powerful electronic circuitry, and the persistence of generations-old auto advice have combined to lengthen oil-change intervals.

Yet many of us change our oil more often than we need to.

In California, in fact, roughly half of all drivers change their oil every 3,000 miles—or even more often!—despite manufacturers' recommended intervals for new cars that may be a multiple of that number.

And that, says California's Department of Resources, Recycling and Recovery, wastes oil that could potentially have a far longer life.

http://autos.yahoo.com/news/driving-green-means-not-changing-your-oil-until-you-need-to.html


I love the highlighted part...are they kidding me?? Only all the time. Don't eat fatty foods, no drinking sodas while at school,don't drive without a seat belt,don't bike without a helmet. When don't they tell you what to do? :rolleyes:

ConHog
01-08-2012, 09:28 PM
Most newer cars also use SYNTHETIC oil. While I agree 3K mile oil changes are excessive in newer vehicles, I gotta wonder who is the genius who thinks that changing synthetic oil less often is going to save oil? I mean it will save SOME of course, but overall?

logroller
01-09-2012, 03:03 AM
I changed the oil in my truck in September, driven about 300 miles since...so when should I change my oil???

ConHog
01-09-2012, 03:18 AM
I changed the oil in my truck in September, driven about 300 miles since...so when should I change my oil???

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