On Sunday, June 16, 2019 at 9:38:54 PM UTC-4, wrote:
On Sun, 16 Jun 2019 14:09:55 -0700 (PDT), trader_4
wrote:

On Sunday, June 16, 2019 at 12:05:02 PM UTC-4, Frank wrote:
On 6/16/2019 8:58 AM, wrote:
Castrol extended and change oil

Synthetic oils allow for twice the mileage between oil changes. My new
car uses it and change interval in the manual is 6,000 miles or every 6
months. The Castrol is synthetic and the Pennzoil is not so you are both
right except the mechanic has shortened the synthetic period. Mechanics
and service centers are looking for business and it is best to tell them
to follow the service manual.

Doesn't sound like 2x to me. Cars were at 5K intervals with regular oil.
Even BMW went to 15K with synthetic, thought they must have seen some
problems because they backed off to 10K. If you only get 6K on synthetic,
something doesn't sound right.

At a certain point they are selling an oil change at a dealer, hoping
they can up sell you something else.

Or the reverse. When BMW had the oil changes at 15K, they were also
bundling in free routine maintenance for the first 100K. My suspicion
would be that they pushed it, to save them money, found out there were
problems and backed off to 10K. Always went at 10K here anyway.






That is what the Lincoln dealer
guy told me when I asked why they were giving out "free oil change"
chits, pretty much for the asking. I know every time I cashed one
they gave me a list of things I should have them do for me, at a
price. On the "free oil change" you just get oil and a filter. If you
pay them $40 for the oil change package, you get a top up on all of
the other fluids and inspections of other things, they will be happy
to replace for a nominal charge, like a $20 set of wiper blades (3).
It is real easy to have a $40 oil change being more like $100 by the
time you get to the cashier if you just say yes a lot.

A friend of mine has a Honda. Dealer did the oil change, recommended
new engine air filter and new cabin filter at like 15K miles, $150.
If he did it that day though, special deal, $99. It took me a few
minutes to find the filters online. I had to buy two of the engine
ones, one of the cabin. Why two? Because then it qualified for free
shipping, so it was like getting one for free, $30 total. It took
me 10 mins to change both. And now he has an extra engine filter for
next time.





BMW is a whole other thing. It means Bring More Wampum. A ****ing
battery can cost you $500 by the time you get out the door. .

You mean you're not a believer in their new battery registration concept?
Where the dealer has to enter information into the computer to tell it
that it has a new battery? Couple years ago, their top of the line
twin turbo, bad ass V-8 car was a real embarrassment. They knew batteries
would not last, so they were specified as a routine replacement, every
oil change I think it was. They do a lot of things really well, but
some things are just outrageous.