What is everyone's driving style, and how do you maintain your vehicle to reflect it?
I am pretty hard on my truck. It sees 5500 RPM on a fairly regular basis, lots of stop and go driving, and hard cornering. I would definitely call my driving style spirited. I used to just use Havoline or Motorcraft with 3000 mile OCIs, but have switched to PP and Mobil 1 with 5-6000 mile OCIs. Manual trans fluid is changed every 30,000 miles or so, and the full synthetic differential fluid is checked regularly. Tires are rotated every 5000 miles or so (it's free at Firestone). It may be excessive, but this truck has to be problem free for the next four years and is already pushing seven years old. So far, so good. It runs beautifully and has only needed maintenence in 86,000 miles aside from a tailgate handle and tailgate strap. I do need to get an oil analysis done, but want to use PP for a couple more OCIs before I do. The tires seem happy with the frequent rotations since they are still looking pretty good at 30,000 miles.
I am pretty hard on my truck. It sees 5500 RPM on a fairly regular basis, lots of stop and go driving, and hard cornering. I would definitely call my driving style spirited. I used to just use Havoline or Motorcraft with 3000 mile OCIs, but have switched to PP and Mobil 1 with 5-6000 mile OCIs. Manual trans fluid is changed every 30,000 miles or so, and the full synthetic differential fluid is checked regularly. Tires are rotated every 5000 miles or so (it's free at Firestone). It may be excessive, but this truck has to be problem free for the next four years and is already pushing seven years old. So far, so good. It runs beautifully and has only needed maintenence in 86,000 miles aside from a tailgate handle and tailgate strap. I do need to get an oil analysis done, but want to use PP for a couple more OCIs before I do. The tires seem happy with the frequent rotations since they are still looking pretty good at 30,000 miles.