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Re:Electric Cars Soon Will Cost Less Than Gas Cars, Research... by dangrossman on Tuesday May 30, 2017 @07:52PM (#14449525)
> Assuming $30 an oil change, you're looking at $12k in oil changes

If you change the oil every 5000 miles as suggested by Toyota, 350K miles is 70 oil changes, or $2100 not $12000.

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Re:Electric Cars Soon Will Cost Less Than Gas Cars, Research... by cr0sh on Wednesday May 31, 2017 @03:28PM (#14455224)
You could go longer if you did periodic oil analysis plus put on a new filter (and top up the remainder) between changes. Could probably double the figure to 10k, depending on engine age.
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Re:Electric Cars Soon Will Cost Less Than Gas Cars, Research... by mandude on Tuesday May 30, 2017 @08:36PM (#14449710)
Oh, my bad, I did the math wrong for the oil changes.
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