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This x1000. Spending $25k+ on a car and trying to reuse $20 worth of oil is a major headscratcherSome may consider buying a new car and driving it 3k miles a year a waste too.
What a waste... new car, short OCIs for warranty
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For a long time I'd use my early changed oil as top-off oil for family and friends.
Sometimes it was very much needed.
The 4.6l F-150 (takes 6 qt,) which was clattering loudly on 3 takes the cake.
I'd always tell 'em, "You were low, so the oil you had got the $#!^ kicked out of it. Have it changed soon even though you're full now".
I cared that much. When people scattered I stopped doing it.
Assuming my catch pan was clean, which it was, it was an efficient thing to do.
Sometimes it was very much needed.
The 4.6l F-150 (takes 6 qt,) which was clattering loudly on 3 takes the cake.
I'd always tell 'em, "You were low, so the oil you had got the $#!^ kicked out of it. Have it changed soon even though you're full now".
I cared that much. When people scattered I stopped doing it.
Assuming my catch pan was clean, which it was, it was an efficient thing to do.
This, exactly. I am in the same boat as the OP with my Subaru (less than 2000 miles per year so far) and I have changed the oil once per year so far. Maybe I'd change it more often if they'd extend the three- or five-year warranty just for me, you know, because of the low miles, but I doubt they'd do that.
