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Replying to: captain2 (Mar 17, 2008 8:21 am)  3750 using synthetic( I baby my car) though I can use 7500 interval with synthetic . I still have original goodyears on my car with 60k+ , rotate them 7500 and i still have about 20 k+ left on them. in on of the past discussions you mentioned that TCO for Azera was higher than for Avy. As you can see tires do contribute to that.
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Replying to: alexstore (Mar 17, 2008 9:59 am) Do you not have a type of Oil Life Monitor on your car?
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Replying to: thegraduate (Mar 17, 2008 10:02 am)
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Replying to: thegraduate (Mar 17, 2008 10:02 am) 
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Replying to: alexstore (Mar 17, 2008 10:15 am) 3750 on synthetic seems like double overkill to me. I can see 7500 on synthetic, or 3750 on regular. I go 4,500 miles in my old Accord w/180k miles on regular Castrol.(manual recommends 3750 in stop & go "severe conditions" but 7,500 for normal conditions which I actually fall into). You must do a lot of city driving? |
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Replying to: captain2 (Mar 17, 2008 10:26 am) I see. A certain Toyota competitor's maintenance minder monitors driving style (counting RPM) and doesn't go strictly by mileage. For example, my driving sends me for a service about every 7500, according to the minder, while my dad's car with the same monitor goes about every 6000, since he races around a bit more than I. My old 1996 (this was around a long time before though) has a little colored square under the speedo which you reset yourself by inserting the key into a hole beside it. At 6,000 miles it turns yellow (from green) and at 7500 turns red. It's simple, and doesn't glare at you, but it's kinda handy considering the vehicle's age. |
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Replying to: captain2 (Mar 17, 2008 10:26 am) You mean the Avalon does not have an oil life monitor that senses how the engine is being used, temperature, number of starts, miles, speeds, etc., to adjust the life of the oil it's predicitng? I could have a QuickLube sticker onthe windshield tell me the 5000 miles intervals.
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Replying to: louiswei (Mar 17, 2008 9:11 am) |
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Replying to: captain2 (Mar 17, 2008 10:26 am) Captain, if the Avalon uses the same system as my Lexus (which I think it does) then the reminder isn't set to pop up at every 5k miles. Instead, the system actually monitors the oil condition and when it thinks an oil change is required you'll see it flashing at you. I've paid attention to this several times and not once did it pop up at 5k (or 4.9k, 4.8k...) mile exactly from the last oil change.
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Replying to: imidazol97 (Mar 17, 2008 10:38 am)
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