Maintenance Reminders redux

Tegger wrote:
> "Elmo P. Shagnasty" <elmop.DeleteThis@nastydesigns.com> wrote in news:elmop-
> D7ADAB.15072716082007.DeleteThis@nntp1.usenetserver.com:
>
>> In article <30k7c35q7egk3b30qsdsp8fjoa4ekn8jq0.DeleteThis@4ax.com>,
>> Elliot Richmond <xmrichmond.DeleteThis@xaustin.xrr.xcom> wrote:
>>
>>> I do not think that going beyond service recommendations is cost
>>> effective anyway. One could change oil every 1000 miles, every 10,000
>>> miles or somewhere in between. Where is the point at which more
>>> frequent oil changes do so little good, that they are simply not
>>> worthwhile? Clearly every 1000 miles is too often. But is 10,000
>>> miles too long an interval?
>> Keep in mind that for the most part, those service intervals are
>> heavily, heavily influenced by the marketing group.
>
>
>
> That, and the desire to not piss off the environment lobby, which has
> considerable political clout these days. Long oil change intervals are
> supposed to be more "environmentally friendly".
>
> And a 10K interval IS too long if you're not using a synthetic.

it depends. the latest engine computers keep combustion pretty clean,
and that leads to better oil life.
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On Fri, 17 Aug 2007 15:23:23 -0500
Elliot Richmond <xmrichmond.DeleteThis@xaustin.xrr.xcom> wrote:

> On Fri, 17 Aug 2007 02:19:53 -0400, Joe LaVigne
> <jlavigne.DeleteThis@hits-buffalo.com> wrote:
>
> >On Thu, 16 Aug 2007 14:41:58 -0700
> >Eric <say.no.DeleteThis@spam.now> wrote:
> >
> >> So, you asked for service mileage recommendations <snip>
> >He asked for Honda's recommendation. <snip>
>
> Thanks, but actually, I did not ask even for that. I told a tale,
> which included a report of my lack of success in finding a recommended
> service interval, but that is not the same as asking for one. It may
> be a fine point, but recounting an anecdote is not the same as
> requesting information.
>
> I am sorry that Eric was offended. Sometimes these things just happen.
> I noticed he did reply to the list, but the reply showed up in my
> Agent as a graphics file which I did not open. So I do not know what
> Eric's reply was.

Part of your original post was: "Particularly, I wanted to know
if there really was a mileage schedule that supplemented the
maintenance minders." Since this is a discussion group, rather than a
storytelling one, I am sure that several people assumed you actually
wanted to know the answer...

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Elliot Richmond <xmrichmond.DeleteThis@xaustin.xrr.xcom> wrote in
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> On Sat, 18 Aug 2007 13:37:23 +0000 (UTC), Tegger <tegger.DeleteThis@tegger.c0m>
> wrote:
>
>>My dad had 140,000 miles on his '58 Dodge Regent (Royal) by 1970. It was
>>the talk of the neighborhood at the time. The engine smoked and the 2-
>>speed automatic leaked badly.
>
> Yeah, we had a 1956 Desoto with a 350 ci hemihead engine coupled to
> that model transmission. The gear selector was a set of push buttons
> at the far left side of the dashboard with a mechanical linkage to the
> transmission.


Yes. And one thing we kids discovered was that you could push all the
buttons behind the faceplate at the same time. Drove my parents nuts.



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Elliot Richmond <xmrichmond DeleteThis @xaustin.xrr.xcom> wrote in
news:7i0cc3tqc209nd46ss1cdl1ea0u8un1e42@4ax.com:

> On Fri, 17 Aug 2007 02:19:53 -0400, Joe LaVigne
> <jlavigne DeleteThis @hits-buffalo.com> wrote:
>
>>On Thu, 16 Aug 2007 14:41:58 -0700
>>Eric <say.no DeleteThis @spam.now> wrote:
>>
>>> So, you asked for service mileage recommendations <snip>
>>He asked for Honda's recommendation. <snip>
>
> Thanks, but actually, I did not ask even for that. I told a tale,
> which included a report of my lack of success in finding a recommended
> service interval, but that is not the same as asking for one. It may
> be a fine point, but recounting an anecdote is not the same as
> requesting information.
>
> I am sorry that Eric was offended. Sometimes these things just happen.
> I noticed he did reply to the list, but the reply showed up in my
> Agent as a graphics file which I did not open.



Somehow it got converted to an HTML file. He does not appeared to have
added anything to the previous post, which was quoted in the HTML file.


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