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Whats the average milage per month for a car in Europe?
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I'm dumb right now. Ok, so I guess the end of this quesion deals with oil changes and mileage. But I've always gotten the impression that overseas cars aren't driven as often as they are here. Like I live 10 miles from work and have a bus I could get to but god forbid I would never, gross. So from my oil changes, from the average, 3 months is about 3,000 miles. I do just about that. Driving my tiny bit to work and back and visiting my parents a couple times. ( I think I drive a tiny amount, so how I"m consiered averige is beyond me). The man, however, drives about 3,000 ever month, he lives a bit from his work. My oil change sticker says I have either about 20 miles or about a day before I need one. Since my new car (last year) I've actually been good with getting the tires and oil and what not done on time.
So is the average about 3k every 3 months over there? Or how long is driving 3,000 miles about? What does your oil change sticker say? Do you get your oil changed on time?
Do you get your tires rotated on time? New tires on time? Why do you like hatchbacks
So is the average about 3k every 3 months over there? Or how long is driving 3,000 miles about? What does your oil change sticker say? Do you get your oil changed on time?
Do you get your tires rotated on time? New tires on time? Why do you like hatchbacks
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Generally over here (as in the average joe and not car fanatics) would only get an oil change during a service, and the car would probably only be serviced every year or (depending on the car) every 10000, 20000, or 30000 miles.
I'd say lots of folk don't bother rotating tyres. Hell, a lot of tyre places moan if you ask them to fit new ones on the rear.
While tyre rotations used to be recommended, they seem to be frowned upon now - don't know when/why it changed.
Oil changes are really quite infrequent - In my Peugeot it was only during a level 3 service which was every 30000 miles, form memory - although new cars might need a couple of early oil changes while the engine beds in.
Oil changes should be every 6 months at that rate, although new engines may use more initially and then not require changes for up to 20,000 miles.
Just remeber if your buying from a garage avergae milage is 12,000 and if your selling to them it's 10,000
The average millage for non comercial car is about 14k a year
Hatchbacks are cool because you can get out of the car via the boot should you so wish (boot = british for "trunck" I think).
Same with the tires, when I went in for new front tires, the guy asked when they were last rotated, I told him not since I've had the car, I thought he was going to start yelling at me!
No point in rotating tyres these days, unless you fancy coughing up for 4 tyres at the same time.
Oil changes - at least twice per year, or at 6-10k intervals. Depends on the car, and what type of use it gets. What hurts engines, and engine oil, is short, stop-start journeys. Gentle motorway cruising will have a far less viscous effect on the oil - the first mile of a cold start is the worst, and the next 9 are about as bad as the car will get. Doesn't matter if you do one mile more, or one-thousand in a day - the oil will have an easy life.
Yes, I have done a thousand miles in a day. When I worked in the field, I tended to average 300 miles most days - around 1500 per week.
Back tyre on my motorcycle is just about legal after 6k. I change the oil at the same time - and the front tends to last around 9k or so.
And if you don't get them rotated regularly, how do you keep them balanced? Or do you go in for a balancing but not rotate.
I wonder why they tell you to go so long without oil, yet here, so short of a time.
Plus, you Yanks do your best to rape the worlds oil reserves