What do you guys do about oil changes in leased vehicles?
I obviously care about my STI and Ascent.. they're owned, and I'm religious about maintenance on those cars.
But my Civic Si.. I cared about it for the first year because I thought I might buy it out after the lease, but recently I realized these cars have an issue with the AC and it takes the new R1234yf, so the compressors are a ticking time bomb which are super expensive to fix.
So now that I know I won't be keeping this car after the lease... I stopped caring. I'm thinking I'll ride out the oil til the OLM gets to 0%, regardless of whether it smells like fuel or not. It already gets Supertech and $1.80 filters from rockauto so it's not like I can go any cheaper..
Edit/addition:
Heck I'm even considering using the used oil out of my STI, "Mobil Dos" and running it in the Civic.
The STI is a weekend car that barely ever gets driven, so the oil comes out very low mileage and it's high quality. It gets drained cleanly from a Fumoto valve into an oil container.
I obviously care about my STI and Ascent.. they're owned, and I'm religious about maintenance on those cars.
But my Civic Si.. I cared about it for the first year because I thought I might buy it out after the lease, but recently I realized these cars have an issue with the AC and it takes the new R1234yf, so the compressors are a ticking time bomb which are super expensive to fix.
So now that I know I won't be keeping this car after the lease... I stopped caring. I'm thinking I'll ride out the oil til the OLM gets to 0%, regardless of whether it smells like fuel or not. It already gets Supertech and $1.80 filters from rockauto so it's not like I can go any cheaper..
Edit/addition:
Heck I'm even considering using the used oil out of my STI, "Mobil Dos" and running it in the Civic.
The STI is a weekend car that barely ever gets driven, so the oil comes out very low mileage and it's high quality. It gets drained cleanly from a Fumoto valve into an oil container.
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