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This is just multiplying my inhibitions :) It's a '94 Mercedes 500SL, so...better safe than sorry?
by boredguy8 16y ago
This is just multiplying my inhibitions :)
It's a '94 Mercedes 500SL, so...better safe than sorry?
- ams6110 16y agoRead the owner's manual. Are you using the type and grade of oil and filter they recommend? If you're getting your oil changed at Jiffy Lube, I can assure you that you are almost certainly not.
- archon 16y agoI think you're doing a good job of proving the point. Advice from the 'guy who knows cars': Read the owner's manual. Are you using the type and grade of oil and filter they recommend? Listener response: I don't care. I just want the car to run. Advice from the 'guy who knows computers': Why are you still using IE7? Make sure you upgrade regularly. Listener response: I don't care. I just want to check my email and play Farmville.
- pyre 16y agoTrue, but if your car starts making noises and you ignore them, it may be your own fault when your car breaks down in the middle of the freeway...
- moconnor 16y agoIs that somehow more your own fault than when, after months of ignoring the strange popups that appear when windows starts up, your virus-ridden computer finally grinds to a halt and fails to boot?
- ars 16y agoEvery 3000 miles or 6 months. 3 months is quite unnecessary. And if you switch to Mobil-1 oil you can bump that to 6000 miles, and yearly (but only starting from the second usage of it, i.e. the first time you use it stick with 3000 miles). The oil costs more, but you'll save money by doing less changes. With newer cars you can go as much as 10,000 to 15,000 miles with regular oil.
- eof 16y agoGoing synthetic in an older vehicle isn't always good. a small leak into the piston woudln't be a problem with regular oil, but with synthetics you have an issue.
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