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From: king@kestrel.ARPA (Dick King)
Newsgroups: net.auto
Subject: Re: Oil filters - Summary
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Date: Fri, 28-Mar-86 14:57:35 EST
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   From: dao@hou2d.UUCP (D.OSTRAY)
   Newsgroups: net.auto
   Date: 21 Mar 86 18:51:00 GMT

   My 1978 Toyota Corolla has 200,000 miles on it and
   does not significantly burn or leak oil.
   I change the oil about every 10 or 12 thousand miles NOT
   every 2.5K (I'd have to do it every 3 weeks at that rate.)
   Sure you can change your oil more frequently and have
   your car last a half million miles but by then
   the body would probably rot away. The important
   thing in my opinion is to use good quality oil
   and change the filter with EVERY oil change.

   Dan Ostroy
   hou2d!dao

If you're going 1000 miles per week, half a million miles is not all
that long and 100K is only two years.

Probably what you are doing right is driving mostly on the highway.
(I assume that anyone who drives that much does most of it on
highways...) 


-dick