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Date: Thu, 25 Mar 2004 23:52:16 -0000
From: David Taylor <djtaylornospamoot.com>
Subject: Re: Should I buy this 1992 9000 Turbo with 168,000 miles on it ...


> Yikes! Every 10k miles? On cars that I've used non-synthetic I always change > the oil at 3-4k, maybe 5k max for cars like my mom's that don't get driven > hard at all. On my Turbo I run synthetic with a quality filter and change > both every 5k, that's how you get 250-300k out of an engine. Manufacture > recommendations will get you through the warranty, then it's about shot. Well, one of the Saab sites suggests that a) US oil is inferior to that sold in Europe, even the same brand and b) I can't help but think that the US oil companies are quite happy to "condition" customers to believe that 3 to 4k oil changes are the order of the day. http://www.nospam/servicing/servicing.html :) David.

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