9, 2024 2:13 PM
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> Can’t. Someone else owns it now.
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> -D
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>> On Mar 19, 2024, at 2:31 PM, Rick Knoble via Mercedes
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&g
You dodged a speeding ticket or three on that one.
Rick
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Can’t. Someone else owns it now.
-D
> On Mar 19, 2024, at 2:31
Can’t. Someone else owns it now.
-D
> On Mar 19, 2024, at 2:31 PM, Rick Knoble via Mercedes
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>> Of course, Mrs. Dan’s car has no need for winding up.
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> Need to give her the key to the CL600.
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> Rick
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> Of course, Mrs. Dan’s car has no need for winding up.
Need to give her the key to the CL600.
Rick
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I work off of mileage as well, every 5k in my case, which I wasn’t able to hit
on Mrs. Dan’s car after two years, so I changed it.
I just barely hit that interval annually on the ML500, so a year or mileage
works for it either way.
-D
> On Mar 18, 2024, at 12:52 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes
A 1 year limit is usually advised by the manufacturer. This is, at least in
theory, based on the acid buildup in the oil. IIRC acid buildup is controlled
by TBN (total base number) in the oil. You could get oil analysis to check and
see if TBN has fallen to the point that engine damage could occ
If it was a time limit, 6 months seems short. 1 year maybe?
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> On Mar 18, 2024, at 11:45 AM, Bob Rentfro via Mercedes
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> I’ve always changed oil based on mileage thanks to all the driving we used
> to do regularly. Now that we don’t drive as much it appears I wil
I’m down to annually on most of our wheels. I’m not about to dump $40-$50 of
oil out after 6 months. Yes, I know that it will help to remove condensation,
but I also make sure that the cars that aren’t driven much get out and wound up
once a month to deal with that. Of course, Mrs. Dan’s car has
