Originally Posted by gfh77665
Originally Posted by AlienBug
Originally Posted by gfh77665
Nope. Not interested in UOA's. My 5K OCI with filter change every other time is the right plan. The cost "savings" for extending beyond 5K is too small to calculate. Airing tires up to the correct pressure wil save LOTS more money than extending an OC interval. Oil is CHEAP.
Extending an OCI from 5k to 7.5k will result in a cost savings of one -third, which is well more than you will save by airing up tires, and hardly "too small to calculate."
But I infer you are even less interested in math than you are in information.
Lets do some "rough math" Ace.
1/3 of a $12 OC is a whole $4. (And NO, thats not some junk oil.) But to be totally safe lets say the oil cost $15. We are now up to a whopping $5. With me so far?
Now, READ THIS:
In fact, fuel efficiency is reduced by 1% for every 3.0 PSI that its tires are below recommended levels. That means that if you could always tell, at a glance, when you were low - you would really save money.
Save up to $65/yr on gas and $5/yr by increasing your tire life, by having properly inflated tires.
According to the U.S. Department of Energy under inflated tires wastes 4 million gallons of gasoline daily, or nearly 1.5 billion gallons annually.
http://rightpsi.com/saving-money/
$65 AIR SAVINGS PER YEAR + $5/yr tire life = FAR MORE than $5 "saved" for an extended OC interval.
Airing up tires to the correct levels BLOWS AWAY extending OC intervals for savings realized. Any more "brainacs" want to challenge me on this?
Airing up tires is free, Changing oil isn't.
How bout that.
Plus its about wasting resources.
Do we have unlimited oil ? NO.
Do we use a load of it annually ? YES
Are we generally moronic , spoiled and wasteful Stateside?
YES.