Some Craigslist BSing

"GeorgeyBoy" (georgeyboy) 01/10/2014 at 00:17 • Filed to: craigslist

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So found this truck on Craigslist today.

2004 Ford F-150 XLT 4x4 For Sale
Good Condition, no rust, minor dings and scrapes, Body in Great Shape
225,000 Miles - all highway
K.B.B - Private Party sale at Fair condition - Rated at $6917.00
Changed oil every 2000miles
Only 2nd owner, had since 29K miles
Leather Seats, power windows/locks, rear sliding mirror, CD, air, cruise
All new Tires 265 75 R17

Asking 5900.00

What gets me is that people actually change their oil every 2000 miles? Or that people see that in an ad and think that is a good selling point. Like really if he bought the truck with 30k miles, we will figure it was purchased in 2007 (at the end of a normal lease). So in a span of 7 years this guy put 195k miles on it, That's almost 28k miles a year.

So if he changed his oil every 2k miles he would be doing 14 changes a year!!! I guess I've seen worse bullshitting.

valsidalv, reminding you that infiniti is an option > GeorgeyBoy 01/10/2014 at 00:24

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Is 2000 miles even the recommended change interval?

I know with synthetic oil I need to change it roughly 8,000 km in my car.

GeorgeyBoy > valsidalv, reminding you that infiniti is an option 01/10/2014 at 00:30

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5,000 miles is recommended by Ford with what I'm assuming is synthetic blend (2004 f-150). Even that is short. I'm sure a couple thousand miles past that won't hurt.

Full synthetic I would say is good for at least 8,000 miles now a days. Jaguar calls for 15,000 mile change intervals I hear. http://www.edmunds.com/car-care/stop-…

Squid > GeorgeyBoy 01/10/2014 at 00:55

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Yeah Motorcraft 5w-20 is a synthetic blend, Fords OCI is 5,000 miles and this seller is full of shit. the 5.4 takes ~7 qts of oil and unless this guy was buying bulk oil in 55 gal. drums he spent a shit ton on buying oil in stores.

DollaMoneyAve > GeorgeyBoy 01/10/2014 at 01:08

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Thats A CP anyway. I saw a similar F150 on CL today for $2000 with less miles. Too lazy to go in my history and find the link.

desertdog5051 > GeorgeyBoy 01/10/2014 at 02:10

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The key is not so much the changes (most modern oils can go for a long time) as the quality of the filters that you use.