"gin-san - shitpost specialist" (gin-san-)
11/04/2015 at 17:04 • Filed to: None
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"gin-san - shitpost specialist" (gin-san-)
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My car is almost exclusively driven on short trips and it’s strange if any drive takes more than thirty minutes. I change my oil twice a year regardless of mileage, but to put things in perspective, I fill up my gas tank around once per month. Two fillups in a month means I’ve been doing a lot of driving, and generally a tank (before the “empty” light comes on, but when the needle has reached the bottom of the gauge) takes me about 350 kilometres of city driving (it’s very rare that my car is taken on 100+km/h highways).
Anyways, I’m pretty sure this is hell on vehicle internals - is there anything I can really do to keep it going as long as possible? My DD in question is a 2009 Hyundai Accent sedan and it only has a bit over 48,000 kilometres on it, and it was purchased brand new by my parents who no longer needed it. Mechanically, it’s still fine, and I figure oil changes are the least I can do. While I really want a new car, it’s just not financially responsible for me to do so, and I’m not willing to dive into my savings just to get a new car which I’ll use very rarely (although I’d probably drive more often if I had something really enjoyable). That’s why I’d like to keep this running as long as possible. I’ve already had a full fluid change done once on this car (was a couple of years ago at this point) and on top of regular oil changes if there’s other reasonable measures that can be taken, I’d like to do so.
GTI Sprinks
> gin-san - shitpost specialist
11/04/2015 at 17:08 |
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Some people swear by the italian tuneup on top of regular maintenance. Something about redline a day keeps the carbon at bay. While i can’t advise on redline once per day, i would advise on making sure every now and again (once a week or every other week) get the car out and take it for a good drive that will ensure all fluids are heated up to full temp, all gears are used throughout the rev range, etc. Don’t thrash on it, but be smooth to bring power to the car make sure everything is moving.
EL_ULY
> gin-san - shitpost specialist
11/04/2015 at 17:17 |
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tires and brakes go quicker in those sort of (non hybrid) cars. An Italian tune up wouldn’t hurt.
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gin-san - shitpost specialist
> GTI Sprinks
11/04/2015 at 17:21 |
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Is that where you drive around in low gears and rev the nuts off the thing?
I do longer drives (30 minutes or so) here and there with some highway driving which lets me really rev it and build up speed and temperatures.
Is it that simple? Do the Italian job here and there and then give it a nice long drive every now and then to get things up to temp?
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gin-san - shitpost specialist
> EL_ULY
11/04/2015 at 17:25 |
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Tires have already been replaced (although I’ll never buy these Pirellis again - they're noticeably worse than the stock Kumhos the car came with) and the car is coming up to the point where it's going to need it's first big brake job.
Nibby
> gin-san - shitpost specialist
11/04/2015 at 17:25 |
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Never change the oil. You don’t need to.
miadaman? yes please
> gin-san - shitpost specialist
11/04/2015 at 17:34 |
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As long as engine gets up to temperature, I don’t see any problem with it. Avoid excess load when engine is at low RPM though.
Also +1 on the occasional Italian tune up.
Klaus Schmoll
> gin-san - shitpost specialist
11/04/2015 at 17:36 |
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Yep, what GTIsomethingsomething said! My current commute is 2,5 kms. I could walk, but I have to carry a heavy bag with textbooks and teacher’s log and whatnot, plus I need to use my own laptop if I want to use a beamer, plus it would take longer and I had to get up earlier etc......
It’s pretty much the worst case scenario. Starting a cold engine and turning it off before it can fully heat up. Whatevs, if it can’t take it it is too weak!
I try to balance it by taking it on langer drives (20-30 mins one trip) on weekends. I live on an island, not that far to go. Every few months I drive home which is 930kms on the Autobahn one way. High speed driving will burn off any carbon deposits, which might be a myth or to avoid at all costs.
I change the oil every 6 months when I change from summer to winter wheels and vice versa, independent of mileage. Never even checked the level in between for years as it was always fine. Since I started driving more, I had to top off a bit. That’s all I do.
Like you, I drive an appliance which is nice and trouble free right now, but I don’t plan on passing it on to my grandchildren, should I ever have any. So if it gives me another trouble free year or two, I’m more than happy.
Rico
> gin-san - shitpost specialist
11/04/2015 at 17:40 |
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Sheesh short trips are all I do. All my friends live less than 15 minutes away and I only drive on the weekends. And when I do drive I absolutely thrash my car. Feel bad for whoever gets it after me but I detail it once a month so at least it’ll look pretty!
Darkshoe (With Straight 6)
> Klaus Schmoll
11/04/2015 at 18:26 |
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Wait, you actually live on the German islands?
I thought they were a myth. A story created long ago for little kinders in the American forests... What are they like?
Manwich - now Keto-Friendly
> gin-san - shitpost specialist
11/04/2015 at 18:29 |
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I suggest doing the Italian tuneup when you’re merging onto the highway and have to speed up anyway.
Master Cylinder
> gin-san - shitpost specialist
11/04/2015 at 18:54 |
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Synthetic oil will help reduce engine wear if you’re not already using it. Unfortunately, short trips are basically the most destructive.
I’ve often wondered why manufacturers don’t design an oil primer pump into their engines - just like your fuel pump pressurizing the fuel system when you put the key in, having a secondary (or electrically operated primary) oil pump prime the oiling system before things start moving would have to reduce engine wear by a good bit.
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Klaus Schmoll
> Darkshoe (With Straight 6)
11/05/2015 at 00:21 |
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I live on Rügen. Google it! It is Germanys biggest island and it is very real.