karatemaserati
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im not being anal am i that is too much.
Thats a pretty standard 'long life' service interval. Crucial question is whether that's what AM recommend. If it should have 10k intervals thats a pretty big gap.
At those prices why do people skimp on services absolute madness.
Having said that, most cars 40 years ago leaked so much oil that your top-ups probably equated to a change per year.I'm as guilty as everyone else for changing the oil regularly but it's strange that 40 years ago most cars were lucky if they got a yearly oil change, the mineral oil was a lot inferior to today's synthetic oil, anything under 100k was low mileage, now the far superior oil is changed at least once a year and anything over 60k miles is high mileage.
I change mine every 4 weeks because by then the batter bits have clogged the filter.Whether the oil is mineral or synthetic is irrelevant. It's the shelf life of the additives which is important. With modern additives those service intervals are quite OK,unless AM have some silly little engine component which spits the dummy if it doesn't get a dose of it's favourite chemical. Mechanics just love people with oil change anxiety who throw their hard-earned moolah at unnecessary services.
Let the oil change wars begin !
And burnt it so was having regular top up with clean oil(hopefully)Having said that, most cars 40 years ago leaked so much oil that your top-ups probably equated to a change per year.
My 77 Daimler XJC in NZ didn't drop a spot of oil at all which from my experiences was impressive Peter.Having said that, most cars 40 years ago leaked so much oil that your top-ups probably equated to a change per year.