From: Roy on 27 Mar 2007 13:40 "Rick" <notta(a)goodone.com> wrote in message news:lmcOh.18305$Jl.9878(a)newsread3.news.pas.earthlink.net... > > "Steve Barker" <ichasetrains(a)some.yahoo.com> wrote in message > news:iPydnXuF9Nuu0ZTbnZ2dnUVZ_q2pnZ2d(a)giganews.com... >> No it wasn't. > > > From my 1971 Cougar owners manual and shop manual, every 6 months or 6000 > miles > From my 1983 Mustang owners manual and shop manual, every 12 months or > 7500 miles... > Hmmm... I'm sure Steve is about to jump in and tell us that it was a misprint. >> >> >> "Roy" <Roy(a)home.net> wrote in message >> news:l86dnavja-jG2pTbnZ2dnUVZ_g-dnZ2d(a)comcast.com... >> >> >> > I'm going to date myself, but before there were speedy oil changes and >> > syn >> > oil the interval was 5,000+. >> > >> >> > >
From: Steve Barker on 27 Mar 2007 13:43 And what does it say for "under severe conditions"? -- Steve Barker YOU should be the one controlling YOUR car. Check out: www.lightsout.org "Rick" <notta(a)goodone.com> wrote in message news:lmcOh.18305$Jl.9878(a)newsread3.news.pas.earthlink.net... > > "Steve Barker" <ichasetrains(a)some.yahoo.com> wrote in message > news:iPydnXuF9Nuu0ZTbnZ2dnUVZ_q2pnZ2d(a)giganews.com... >> No it wasn't. > > > From my 1971 Cougar owners manual and shop manual, every 6 months or 6000 > miles > From my 1983 Mustang owners manual and shop manual, every 12 months or > 7500 miles... > > >> >> >> "Roy" <Roy(a)home.net> wrote in message >> news:l86dnavja-jG2pTbnZ2dnUVZ_g-dnZ2d(a)comcast.com... >> >> >> > I'm going to date myself, but before there were speedy oil changes and >> > syn >> > oil the interval was 5,000+. >> > >> >> > >
From: Steve Barker on 27 Mar 2007 13:44 Not a mis-print, they just didn't read the whole thing. Like the severe conditions and the definition thereof. -- Steve Barker YOU should be the one controlling YOUR car. Check out: www.lightsout.org "Roy" <Roy(a)home.net> wrote in message news:KvCdnTRdHoqOypTbnZ2dnUVZ_ruknZ2d(a)comcast.com... > > "Rick" <notta(a)goodone.com> wrote in message > news:lmcOh.18305$Jl.9878(a)newsread3.news.pas.earthlink.net... >> >> "Steve Barker" <ichasetrains(a)some.yahoo.com> wrote in message >> news:iPydnXuF9Nuu0ZTbnZ2dnUVZ_q2pnZ2d(a)giganews.com... >>> No it wasn't. >> >> >> From my 1971 Cougar owners manual and shop manual, every 6 months or 6000 >> miles >> From my 1983 Mustang owners manual and shop manual, every 12 months or >> 7500 miles... >> > > Hmmm... I'm sure Steve is about to jump in and tell us that it was a > misprint. >>> >>> >>> "Roy" <Roy(a)home.net> wrote in message >>> news:l86dnavja-jG2pTbnZ2dnUVZ_g-dnZ2d(a)comcast.com... >>> >> >>> > I'm going to date myself, but before there were speedy oil changes and >>> > syn >>> > oil the interval was 5,000+. >>> > >>> >>> >> >> > >
From: Steve Barker on 27 Mar 2007 13:46 If you're not worried about the next owner, then there's no reason to change it at all. My dad worked with a guy back in the day who had a '72 full sized buick with over 100,000 miles on it. The drain plug had never been out of it. He changed the filter once a year and kept it full. -- Steve Barker YOU should be the one controlling YOUR car. Check out: www.lightsout.org "jim" <"sjedgingN0sp"@m(a)mwt.net> wrote in message news:1175015970_5095(a)sp6iad.superfeed.net... .. > > Whether your habits are idiotic or not depends on how long you expect to > keep the car. The average new car buyer sells or trades in his car long > before the extended oil changes make any difference that affects the > price he gets for the car. So for most new car buyers changing the oil > every 3000k is a waste of time and money as the only one who will > benefit is someone else who owns the car much later in its life. > Extended oil changes don't hurt the big players either. The car > manufactures certainly don't gain anything by contented used car buyers. > And the oil companies lose nothing because in all probability in the > long run the amount of oil used is proportionate to the miles traveled > no matter what the oil change intervals. Extended oil changes are like > taking up smoking - it certainly won't kill you right away. In fact it > will take a long long time before you see the negative consequences > (assuming you own the car at that point). > > -jim > > ----== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com - Unlimited-Unrestricted-Secure Usenet > News==---- > http://www.newsfeeds.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! 120,000+ > Newsgroups > ----= East and West-Coast Server Farms - Total Privacy via Encryption > =----
From: Rick on 27 Mar 2007 14:38
"Steve Barker" <ichasetrains(a)some.yahoo.com> wrote in message news:T-mdnatny9N3ypTbnZ2dnUVZ_t6qnZ2d(a)giganews.com... > Not a mis-print, they just didn't read the whole thing. Like the severe > conditions and the definition thereof. > > -- > Steve Barker > > YOU should be the one > controlling YOUR car. > Check out: > www.lightsout.org > > > > > "Roy" <Roy(a)home.net> wrote in message > news:KvCdnTRdHoqOypTbnZ2dnUVZ_ruknZ2d(a)comcast.com... > > > > "Rick" <notta(a)goodone.com> wrote in message > > news:lmcOh.18305$Jl.9878(a)newsread3.news.pas.earthlink.net... > >> > >> "Steve Barker" <ichasetrains(a)some.yahoo.com> wrote in message > >> news:iPydnXuF9Nuu0ZTbnZ2dnUVZ_q2pnZ2d(a)giganews.com... > >>> No it wasn't. > >> > >> > >> From my 1971 Cougar owners manual and shop manual, every 6 months or 6000 > >> miles > >> From my 1983 Mustang owners manual and shop manual, every 12 months or > >> 7500 miles... > >> > > > > Hmmm... I'm sure Steve is about to jump in and tell us that it was a > > misprint. > >>> > >>> > >>> "Roy" <Roy(a)home.net> wrote in message > >>> news:l86dnavja-jG2pTbnZ2dnUVZ_g-dnZ2d(a)comcast.com... > >>> >> > >>> > I'm going to date myself, but before there were speedy oil changes and > >>> > syn > >>> > oil the interval was 5,000+. For severe operating conditions: The '71 says "more frequent intervals", no time or mileage specified The '83 says 3 months, 3000 miles, oil filter every other oil change |