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I took the wifes car in for new tires this morning and ended up spending 2 hours there even though I had an appointment. The wife calls while I am there and asks me to get the oil changed as well because she hasn't changed it in about 7k miles. I told her I would but after being in the tire shop for 2 hours I didn't feel like dealing with it so I peeled the old oil sticker off the window, reset the oil life monitor and called it good.
In my defense the car is a lease with 8 months left so it's OK, right? :D
NeedSpeed
11-21-2011, 11:33am
Yep.
I've gone way longer :leaving:
NEVRL8T
11-21-2011, 1:07pm
Close enough for government work.
Yerf Dog
11-21-2011, 2:21pm
IBTKarma
Does anybody that leases a car ever change the oil until right before turn-in?:lol:
DJ_Critterus
11-21-2011, 5:06pm
If good synthetic oil was put in it you're good for about 15K total.
theriver
11-21-2011, 5:26pm
Only matters if you have a conscience and can sleep at night. The fact that you posted about it tells me something.
RedLS1GTO
11-21-2011, 5:53pm
...and this ladies and gentlemen is why you never buy a car that was a lease turn-in.
Burro (He/Haw)
11-21-2011, 6:02pm
This is OK, right?
Actually, it's kinda shitty. WTF do YOU have to do thats so important hot shot?
BADRACR1
11-21-2011, 6:46pm
:rofl:
Actually, it's kinda shitty. WTF do YOU have to do thats so important hot shot?
If you must know, I had to get home to post about it here. :yesnod:
OddBall
11-21-2011, 7:20pm
I'm still having a hard time understanding why haven't you trained the wife to change the oil in it in the first place.
Burro (He/Haw)
11-21-2011, 7:24pm
I'm still having a hard time understanding why haven't you trained the wife to change the oil in it in the first place.
I agree, after all, that's her JOB.
69camfrk
11-21-2011, 7:25pm
Close enough for government work.
As a gov't employee, I'm offended by that statement. :leaving:
I'm still having a hard time understanding why haven't you trained the wife to change the oil in it in the first place.
I agree, after all, that's her JOB.
You guys are right, I'm a bad husband. I'm going to go set things straight with the wife as soon as I'm done folding this load of laundry. :seasix:
RedLS1GTO
11-21-2011, 7:52pm
15k miles on synthetic with a good filter is just fine if you don't flog the car to shit.
I know that part... it is the general lack of give-a-f**k about the car that it the issue.
Burro (He/Haw)
11-21-2011, 8:12pm
I know that part... it is the general lack of give-a-f**k about the car that it the issue.
It's a lease. OP don't give two shits and holler about it. :confused5:
lspencer534
11-21-2011, 8:40pm
I have clients (car finance/lease companies) tell me they have had lease turn-ins that apparently haven't had an oil change for the term of the lease--36-48 mos. Some of them had 2 quarts of oil in them. Plus the cheapest narrowest tires the lessee could find. None of them ever got waxed.
boracayjohnny
11-21-2011, 8:43pm
A buddy of mine works at NOAA. He works with some very smart people. With that said, one didn't know there is more to a BMW than just putting gas in and driving it. :D
Milton Fox
11-21-2011, 8:48pm
Did you go with the retreads? :waiting:
If good synthetic oil was put in it you're good for about 15K total.
Which is exactly why I'd never buy a car from my father since he believes that too. I use Mobil 1 with a great filter in all of my vehicles. The longest I'll go is around 5k and the oil looks like shit. I'll admit that I can be anal about maintaining my vehicles, but hell, it's ~$30 and 15 minutes of my time.
I took the wifes car in for new tires this morning and ended up spending 2 hours there even though I had an appointment. The wife calls while I am there and asks me to get the oil changed as well because she hasn't changed it in about 7k miles. I told her I would but after being in the tire shop for 2 hours I didn't feel like dealing with it so I peeled the old oil sticker off the window, reset the oil life monitor and called it good.
In my defense the car is a lease with 8 months left so it's OK, right? :D
Why would you put a pair of NEW tires on a lease car going back in 8 months?
Call around and find a couple used but serviceable tires (preferably the same tires you have on the other axle), slap them on and call it a day. I would have gone ahead and changed the oil, anyway, but that would just be me. If you didn't agree in your lease contract to fastidiously change the oil, then don't worry about it. If you did agree, then change it right before it goes back, and hope the engine doesn't sieze up in the meantime.
ConstantChange
11-21-2011, 9:31pm
Which is exactly why I'd never buy a car from my father since he believes that too. I use Mobil 1 with a great filter in all of my vehicles. The longest I'll go is around 5k and the oil looks like shit. I'll admit that I can be anal about maintaining my vehicles, but hell, it's ~$30 and 15 minutes of my time.
I feel the same way. For ~$30 and 30 minutes, it's worth it to me. That being said, I keep my vehicles a long time.
Bucwheat
11-22-2011, 9:29am
Until she gets the bill for the tires and there is no charge for an oil change,you got to think of everything to cover your butt.
RedLS1GTO
11-22-2011, 10:12am
...and this ladies and gentlemen is why you never buy a car that was a lease turn-in.
15k miles on synthetic with a good filter is just fine if you don't flog the car to shit.
I know that part... it is the general lack of give-a-f**k about the car that it the issue.
...
It's a lease. OP don't give two shits and holler about it. :confused5:
:skep:
What part of that was confusing?
Burro (He/Haw)
11-22-2011, 10:50am
...
:skep:
What part of that was confusing?
Nothing was confusing. OP doesn't look at this as a responsibly because it's a lease. WGAF if the maintenance is done correctly in his eyes.
NeedSpeed
11-22-2011, 10:55am
It's ok, the car will get 724 point inspection and be recertified when turned in.
:leaving:
Burro (He/Haw)
11-22-2011, 10:59am
My confusion was why someone would think like that.
Burro (He/Haw)
11-22-2011, 11:02am
It's ok, the car will get 724 point inspection and be recertified when turned in.
:leaving:
Exactly like that truck in my avatar. (Only it wasn't a lease return I found out)
DJ_Critterus
11-22-2011, 11:25am
I'm still having a hard time understanding why haven't you trained the wife to change the oil in it in the first place.
It's because he doesn't want her to get her hands dirty when she should be making him a sandwich.
Low12s
11-22-2011, 11:35am
As a standard rule, women are always trying to change the oil too often. I don't understand it.
NeedSpeed
11-22-2011, 11:42am
As a standard rule, women are always trying to change the oil too often. I don't understand it.
Because the oil companies tell them to.
Because the oil companies tell them to.
Yep, and so does that little numb-nuts that puts those stickers on the inside of the windshield.
"Don't ask the the tire salesman if you need new tires"
Yep, and so does that little numb-nuts that puts those stickers on the inside of the windshield.
"Don't ask the the tire salesman if you need new tires"
Perxactly
Kerrmudgeon
11-22-2011, 1:42pm
Why waste your money!:slap:
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