Re: Plan on driving a new car on a 3000mile highway trip. Bad idea?

jim beam wrote:

> then, just to make sure it wasn't a typo or that you were mistaken the 
> first time, you said:
> "I would still take it pretty easy for the first 1500 miles, and stop 
> and have the oil changed".
> 
> so you said to change it after 1500 miles.  twice.  not 3000 miles.

Plus, it's a very bad idea to change your oil that soon. Some dealers 
put signs up in their service areas warning customers not too change the 
oil on new cars too soon.

Again, follow the manual. Too much maintenance can be as bad as too
little.