The '93 Civic in my signature will roll over to 300,000 miles today. Owned it Sept '93, almost 25 years.
Needless to say, we plan on keeping it.
I had always been the 3 month / 3,000 mile oil change guy. A few years ago I did run Mobil Super High Mileage for 5,000 mile OCIs and that was hard to do. Old habits, ya know?
Anyway, it was just a couple of years ago that I switched to synthetic oil. Ran Mobil 1 5w-30 High Mileage for 7,500 mile OCIs with a Fram Ultra filter.
I did the 60,000 mile service over the weekend and put in Mobil 1 EP High Mileage along with a Fram Ultra filter and plan on running it for 1 year or 15,000 miles.
What if after 1 year I'm at 12,000 miles and I run it another 3 -4 months to get to 15,000 miles? Assuming that it's topped off as needed.
During the last 7,500 mile OCI the car used about 1 quart of oil. I topped it off last September and earlier this year.
And one more thing, keeping an oil filter in use for 15,000 miles makes it a pain to remove.
Needless to say, we plan on keeping it.
I had always been the 3 month / 3,000 mile oil change guy. A few years ago I did run Mobil Super High Mileage for 5,000 mile OCIs and that was hard to do. Old habits, ya know?
Anyway, it was just a couple of years ago that I switched to synthetic oil. Ran Mobil 1 5w-30 High Mileage for 7,500 mile OCIs with a Fram Ultra filter.
I did the 60,000 mile service over the weekend and put in Mobil 1 EP High Mileage along with a Fram Ultra filter and plan on running it for 1 year or 15,000 miles.
What if after 1 year I'm at 12,000 miles and I run it another 3 -4 months to get to 15,000 miles? Assuming that it's topped off as needed.
During the last 7,500 mile OCI the car used about 1 quart of oil. I topped it off last September and earlier this year.
And one more thing, keeping an oil filter in use for 15,000 miles makes it a pain to remove.