I know we've discuss how often we do oil change for our cars before. But I want to see how often "we" do it as a whole picture.

 

Poll?

 

Bump~ A lot of you do it sooner than dealer recommand, however I've try to change my earlier, but dealer was not willing to do it. Do you guys bring it to places such as JuffyLube or CarX to change early?


I was thinking if I should bring it to CarX "like" places and have them do it, but not change the Mercedes oil filter on the car. Is this a good idea?

 

once a year or 25000 miles.

 

The dealer will do it........ if you pay for it
No it is a very bad idea to change the oil and not the filter Is your oil getting that dirty? Why not get a coupon for a dealer oil change?

 

One down side to not having a dip stick is that it is not possible to know how dirty the oil looks.

 

well my service is about every 9000-10000k miles, never once has it been 11,000.

ive had 2 service A's and 1 service B so far.

 

I change it whenever the FSS monitor tells me to.

 

I have no clue how to change my oil. I bought three different car manuals and still have no clue. WIS is annoying, to me. I'm waiting until a christmas gift, AKA cashier's check comes my way and I'll take it to the dealership.

 

2005 says ONCE a year or 13,000 miles whichever comes first. It's sythetic Mobil 1 oil now and that's what I use on my power generator and it seems to do the job.

 

Every 5000 miles for me. I always go to the dealership, no way in hell I am going to JiffyLube or some place like it. My oil change is $79.

 

its been synthetic Mobil1 for quite some time now.

 

Oops. You can tell that my last MB was back in 1998...

 

Actually, I've offer to pay the dealer for the oil change, but the dealer still wouldn't do it. They told me to look in my owners manual and come back when my odometer reaches the "correct" mileage. He also said they do services according to the manual.

 

Don't take this wrong, but I find that hard to believe..... A dealer passing up money There are plenty of dealers who would be glad to have you pay for an oil change......Just find one......

 

totally agree w/ you.

 

My dealer would do it for me every 1000 miles if I wanted to shell out the $$$. A dealer turning you away sounds a little crazy. My service advisor asked if I bought or leased, and that is what he based his decision on for me to change every 5000 miles.

 

would they not do the extra oil changes for a lease?

 

No, his logic was if you are buying do it more often than on a lease which will probably been traded in a couple of years.

 

oh gotcha! i may increase my oil changes to every 5k. im planning on keeping this car for quite some time. we'll see! so far ive just been going by the FSS.

 

I plan on keeping mine a while as well, and a $79 oil change is not hard to swallow. If I start going MOD crazy like you I will keep this thing forever!!

 

What's the cost for the 05 appearance package?

 

Every 6-7k for me.

It really depends on how you drive IMO. If you dont drive it hard and are never stuck in traffic then do what the moniter tells you.

If you punch it every stop sign and are in rush hour traffic everyday then I think 6k is better than going by FSS.

If the car is bought and you are keeping it for a while then 6-7k is a better choice as well.

 

Drew, if I remember I paid around $400 for everything. I did not get the updated headlights, I am waiting to get BIX.

 

bad john bad john Thats what I wanted to hear about the headlights