Odd, you'd think someone who bought a manual transmission vehicle would have known to change the oil.
From someone that has been inspecting vehicles for 4 years I can tell you I see quite a few people over extend what their window sticker says to change at. The worst offender is young people in Nissan Sentras, altimas, some maximas, that's got to be the most neglected vehicles I've seen on a regular basis. 10K+ on bulk oil. Some college kids have no clue.
Now the people who regularly come in for oil changes at my shop usually don't run more than 2k over the suggested 3k OCI for Chevron Supreme and 5k for M1 FS. A good majority change on time.
From experience most people do not pay as close attention as BITOG members. I always do my best to educate/advocate for them to keep an eye on oil level depending on the vehicle and don't over extend if its one of those Nissans of Hyundais that run conventional oil/dealer bulk regularly.
Personally in some of the worst offenders I'll opt for a 5w30 over 5w20 if I notice the oil low before I drain it and some cases even throw in a quart of Chevron Delo for a little clean up.
This is true. There isn't any where near the amount of "OCD" in the real world verses on this forum. There are a lot of "money flushes" on here. Everything from buying up cheap oil, only to be given away or disposed of later-to 3,000 mile oil change intervals-all 'money flushes". With that being said-and as hard as it is to believe-I think that most owners follow the "oil minder" in their vehicles. Again-hard to believe on here with the amount of "antique" automobiles owned that don't have oil minders.Dunkaroo (the OP)'s question is an unfair one.
BITOGers can't possibly relate to any "average person".
It'd be like Einstein trying to converse with a white mouse....on average, of course.
I happen to agree with that. They do it with the same urgency as when they run out of TP - Not!I think with most people, if the car tells them it needs an oil change, they'll do it pretty soon.
Depends on how car they are. I do minimum 3-4 times a year but I’m also not an average person lol.
So true.Well, pretty soon, like whenever. It'll get done though...and they might even approve an air filter, cabin filter, and fuel system cleaning as a special treat if they "forgot" the oil change for a little while and the service writer makes them feel bad about it.