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Old 01-23-2009, 02:24 PM   #53 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Crash View Post
Well, I can tell you that GM's seem to not care how hard you drive the car. In the 2 years I've owned my Solstice, it's been exactly 5000 miles for the oil life to be 0%. My Trans Am's "oil change" light came on at 3500 miles. I had that for 4 years and I can tell you that it was always the same mileage (By the sticker).

I don't see oil-life indicators ever being smart enough to work the way we'd expect.
I wasn't suggesting that they be relied upon as much as we should rely on our own common sense...but I did think they were supposed to be more than just set to come on at a predetermined mileage.
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