My old man has a 01 Lexus LS430, full package w/ navi, chrome wheel and even back seat massager (I don't even know tey had this kind of thing back in 2001). It has more than 200K, probably 230K on the odometer. My old man drives a lot recently, easily 40-50k miles a year.
Someone rear-ended him recently, so his car was in body shop and he had a civic coupe as loaner (my old man looks funny in that coupe). He's impressed with the gas mileage of this compact car, and then i asked him if he asked the body shop owner to include an oil change along the way since the car has to be raised anyway, this is the conversation between us:
Him: No, my oil change is not due yet.
Me: How many miles you have on the current oil fill.
Him: I don't remember, i usually run those oil more than 10K with good oil. ( Me: Good dad, with synthetic and you drive freeway 80 mph all day long, it's possible to push that far in your car, so what oil you use exactly? (I was hoping something like a Mobil 1 Extended Performance)
Him: I don't remember, it's a green bottle... You know son, those oil actually can go up to 75000 miles! I sometimes feel a waste of changing those oil so early. It's cheaper than the Mobil 1.
Me thinking: 75K [censored], no Fxxxing way, was he referring to mobil clean 7500 and mistakenly see it as 75000?... And i can't recall what oil is in green bottle with 75000 in the label. Maxlife??? You running maxlife or something else for 15K ?
Me: Dad, no oil can go for 75K, the label with 75000 in front is probably referring to "high mileage vehicle" You cannot go that far, i say the maximum you can go even under optimal condition like driving all day long on freeway is probably 15K oci.
Him: Okay then, oh yeah some mechanics told me i don;t have to change the oil filter everytime, i can change it every other time. It saves me lots of hassle to unscrew that filter and screw it back.
Me: I don't know about that dad, but if you really change filter every other time, you have to use a good one, at least OEM or something better, don;t buy the cheapest one in auto parts shop.
Him: (didn't address the filter issue)
And then we change subject to something else.
Here's the thing, my dad has limited english, and pretty bad at reading label...
Can someone here tell me what kind of oil has a green bottle and have "70000" or "75000" on the label?
And also, do you guys think he can do filter change every othe time, given his driving condition?
Oh yeah, he lives in Nevada, pretty hot up there right now.
Someone totaled my IS300 recently, and i have a Mobil 1 filter left, turn out to be the M1-102 can be used on 3.0 I6 and also on his 4.3 V8.
His car is still in pretty good condition, got some minor scratches and freeway ding in the front, but the engine is super smooth and quiet. Wish he will pass the car to me
Any thought guys?
Someone rear-ended him recently, so his car was in body shop and he had a civic coupe as loaner (my old man looks funny in that coupe). He's impressed with the gas mileage of this compact car, and then i asked him if he asked the body shop owner to include an oil change along the way since the car has to be raised anyway, this is the conversation between us:
Him: No, my oil change is not due yet.
Me: How many miles you have on the current oil fill.
Him: I don't remember, i usually run those oil more than 10K with good oil. ( Me: Good dad, with synthetic and you drive freeway 80 mph all day long, it's possible to push that far in your car, so what oil you use exactly? (I was hoping something like a Mobil 1 Extended Performance)
Him: I don't remember, it's a green bottle... You know son, those oil actually can go up to 75000 miles! I sometimes feel a waste of changing those oil so early. It's cheaper than the Mobil 1.
Me thinking: 75K [censored], no Fxxxing way, was he referring to mobil clean 7500 and mistakenly see it as 75000?... And i can't recall what oil is in green bottle with 75000 in the label. Maxlife??? You running maxlife or something else for 15K ?
Me: Dad, no oil can go for 75K, the label with 75000 in front is probably referring to "high mileage vehicle" You cannot go that far, i say the maximum you can go even under optimal condition like driving all day long on freeway is probably 15K oci.
Him: Okay then, oh yeah some mechanics told me i don;t have to change the oil filter everytime, i can change it every other time. It saves me lots of hassle to unscrew that filter and screw it back.
Me: I don't know about that dad, but if you really change filter every other time, you have to use a good one, at least OEM or something better, don;t buy the cheapest one in auto parts shop.
Him: (didn't address the filter issue)
And then we change subject to something else.
Can someone here tell me what kind of oil has a green bottle and have "70000" or "75000" on the label?
And also, do you guys think he can do filter change every othe time, given his driving condition?
Oh yeah, he lives in Nevada, pretty hot up there right now.
Someone totaled my IS300 recently, and i have a Mobil 1 filter left, turn out to be the M1-102 can be used on 3.0 I6 and also on his 4.3 V8.
His car is still in pretty good condition, got some minor scratches and freeway ding in the front, but the engine is super smooth and quiet. Wish he will pass the car to me
Any thought guys?
