should i get A service now or wait?
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should i get A service now or wait?
hey guys,
right now i'm at 3800 miles and the MID says oil life < 20%. i plan on taking a trip to the DC area over the weekend, roundtrip about 500 miles. should i get an oil change before the trip or wait till after?
basically i'm wondering will i risk damaging the car by trying to get a few more miles out of the current oil life and get the message to do it in the middle of my trip?
also, when i switch from my winter to summer tires later...should i rotate my summer tires since i'm putting them back on even though they only have about 3000 miles on them or just wait till i hit 7000?
thanks in advance
right now i'm at 3800 miles and the MID says oil life < 20%. i plan on taking a trip to the DC area over the weekend, roundtrip about 500 miles. should i get an oil change before the trip or wait till after?
basically i'm wondering will i risk damaging the car by trying to get a few more miles out of the current oil life and get the message to do it in the middle of my trip?
also, when i switch from my winter to summer tires later...should i rotate my summer tires since i'm putting them back on even though they only have about 3000 miles on them or just wait till i hit 7000?
thanks in advance
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Originally Posted by aGenKa
hey guys,
right now i'm at 3800 miles and the MID says oil life < 20%. i plan on taking a trip to the DC area over the weekend, roundtrip about 500 miles. should i get an oil change before the trip or wait till after?
basically i'm wondering will i risk damaging the car by trying to get a few more miles out of the current oil life and get the message to do it in the middle of my trip?
also, when i switch from my winter to summer tires later...should i rotate my summer tires since i'm putting them back on even though they only have about 3000 miles on them or just wait till i hit 7000?
thanks in advance
right now i'm at 3800 miles and the MID says oil life < 20%. i plan on taking a trip to the DC area over the weekend, roundtrip about 500 miles. should i get an oil change before the trip or wait till after?
basically i'm wondering will i risk damaging the car by trying to get a few more miles out of the current oil life and get the message to do it in the middle of my trip?
also, when i switch from my winter to summer tires later...should i rotate my summer tires since i'm putting them back on even though they only have about 3000 miles on them or just wait till i hit 7000?
thanks in advance
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I would get rid of the oil as well. put in a synthetic. you are not damaging your car if you wait, but I would get a change. I usually do by 3500 with conventional. With synthetic I go 5000.
The summer tires.. Hmm if you think you are going to get 20,000 out of them and do about 10,000 a season on them I would just put them on without rotating. But that's me unless the car wears the fronts substantially more (and I have not seen this on a tl) then do not bother. I usually run an entire season and rotate them the next year. I find tire rotation a way for people to make some coin, unless it is done for free...
The summer tires.. Hmm if you think you are going to get 20,000 out of them and do about 10,000 a season on them I would just put them on without rotating. But that's me unless the car wears the fronts substantially more (and I have not seen this on a tl) then do not bother. I usually run an entire season and rotate them the next year. I find tire rotation a way for people to make some coin, unless it is done for free...
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