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> Even Americans who don't drive that often will generally change it about every 6 months. What? Back when I drove a Corolla (in the U.S.) I never changed my o
by oefrha 3y ago
> Even Americans who don't drive that often will generally change it about every 6 months.
What? Back when I drove a Corolla (in the U.S.) I never changed my oil more than once a year, and no one ever pestered me about it. Where did you get that?
- e36 3y agoFrom what I can tell, the average American drives somewhere between 12,000-15,000 miles a year. The average oil change interval for modern cars is 7,500-10,000 miles, so using the higher interval you would expect to change your oil roughly twice a year.
- saltcured 3y agoI believe these published averages are arithmetic mean and may be skewed by long-distance drivers and multi-car households. As reported, it seems to be just total fleet mileage divided by number of drivers. For this kind of question about maintenance, I wish I could find a histogram or at least quartile summaries of per-vehicle distances per year.