Comments on: Vehicle Maintenance Tips: Extend Your Vehicle’s Life http://blog.motorists.org/vehicle-maintenance-tips-extend-your-vehicles-life/ News For Drivers Sat, 21 Nov 2009 04:16:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Jane P. http://blog.motorists.org/vehicle-maintenance-tips-extend-your-vehicles-life/comment-page-1/#comment-13912 Jane P. Sun, 17 May 2009 05:16:45 +0000 http://www.motorists.org/blog/vehicle-maintenance-tips-extend-your-vehicles-life/#comment-13912 Could someone please advise on how to follow factory-designed maintenance intervals when a vehicle is driven infrequently? My 4WD pickup truck is for winter and special occasion driving only. During the warm months of the year, it accumulates less than 500 miles, mostly from weekly turnovers in which I take it onto the interstates and drive a few exits worth of distance to workout the powertrain, between the three-month service intervals the manufacturer specifies in its service manual, which states the vehicle needs to be serviced "every three months or 3,750 miles." Do I wait till I have 3,750 miles since the last service or do I take in the vehicle for service once the three-month period has elapsed since the last service? Would it be overkill to still service it (basically just an oil change according to the factory service manual) if there has only been about 500 miles in the three month period? Please advise. Thank you so much! Could someone please advise on how to follow factory-designed maintenance intervals when a vehicle is driven infrequently? My 4WD pickup truck is for winter and special occasion driving only. During the warm months of the year, it accumulates less than 500 miles, mostly from weekly turnovers in which I take it onto the interstates and drive a few exits worth of distance to workout the powertrain, between the three-month service intervals the manufacturer specifies in its service manual, which states the vehicle needs to be serviced “every three months or 3,750 miles.”

Do I wait till I have 3,750 miles since the last service or do I take in the vehicle for service once the three-month period has elapsed since the last service? Would it be overkill to still service it (basically just an oil change according to the factory service manual) if there has only been about 500 miles in the three month period?

Please advise. Thank you so much!

]]> By: Fleet Admiral http://blog.motorists.org/vehicle-maintenance-tips-extend-your-vehicles-life/comment-page-1/#comment-13763 Fleet Admiral Sat, 09 May 2009 18:20:27 +0000 http://www.motorists.org/blog/vehicle-maintenance-tips-extend-your-vehicles-life/#comment-13763 Forgot to mention it's also been studied that it's better to save gas with brisk acceleration than a slow lazy uptick. And with proper oil or German cars, they were built for sustained high speed cruising. With cold weather it's annoying that most cars especially euro ones with turbos, they don't include OIL TEMP gauges anymore, which is crucial. And those people who comment about initial startup and driveoff, yes SOME cars do require a wait period for warmup. Maybe 1-2 minutes before the RPM drops to 800 before it's manageable. Forgot to mention it’s also been studied that it’s better to save gas with brisk acceleration than a slow lazy uptick. And with proper oil or German cars, they were built for sustained high speed cruising. With cold weather it’s annoying that most cars especially euro ones with turbos, they don’t include OIL TEMP gauges anymore, which is crucial. And those people who comment about initial startup and driveoff, yes SOME cars do require a wait period for warmup. Maybe 1-2 minutes before the RPM drops to 800 before it’s manageable.

]]> By: Fleet Admiral http://blog.motorists.org/vehicle-maintenance-tips-extend-your-vehicles-life/comment-page-1/#comment-13761 Fleet Admiral Sat, 09 May 2009 17:55:23 +0000 http://www.motorists.org/blog/vehicle-maintenance-tips-extend-your-vehicles-life/#comment-13761 Ever check the price of a trans fluid change for a Nissan GTR? I thought not. Replacing trans fluid so frequently on a modern vehicle is nonsense, and a waste. Just like doing it with synthetic every 3k miles still when TRUE FULL group IV European synth(none of this US garbage) is designed for 10k. Freeway is better because it fully warms the engine and burns off water/condensation. Ever check the price of a trans fluid change for a Nissan GTR? I thought not. Replacing trans fluid so frequently on a modern vehicle is nonsense, and a waste. Just like doing it with synthetic every 3k miles still when TRUE FULL group IV European synth(none of this US garbage) is designed for 10k.

Freeway is better because it fully warms the engine and burns off water/condensation.

]]> By: Randall http://blog.motorists.org/vehicle-maintenance-tips-extend-your-vehicles-life/comment-page-1/#comment-13745 Randall Fri, 08 May 2009 17:06:27 +0000 http://www.motorists.org/blog/vehicle-maintenance-tips-extend-your-vehicles-life/#comment-13745 yeah I've heard before that freeway driving is better for your car because you don't have to stop all the time for lights and not as much acceleration and deceleration. Of course there is always the exception of rush hour traffic. yeah I’ve heard before that freeway driving is better for your car because you don’t have to stop all the time for lights and not as much acceleration and deceleration. Of course there is always the exception of rush hour traffic.

]]> By: Jeff http://blog.motorists.org/vehicle-maintenance-tips-extend-your-vehicles-life/comment-page-1/#comment-13736 Jeff Thu, 07 May 2009 20:33:01 +0000 http://www.motorists.org/blog/vehicle-maintenance-tips-extend-your-vehicles-life/#comment-13736 No sustained high speed driving? What's the point then of using the freeway? No sustained high speed driving? What’s the point then of using the freeway?

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