Electric cars are coming fast – is the nation’s grid up to it?

Re:Electric cars are coming fast – is the nation’s grid up t... by chrisseaton on Sunday January 31, 2021 @08:40AM (#25978732)

> 2 or 3 times a year

That seems massively excessive oil changing for your mileage.

Fun fact - the same car manufacturers tell British people to change their oil every 21k miles or 24 months, and tell American people to change their oil every 3k miles or 6 months. For literally the same car, being driven in potentially identical conditions.

Americans are just changing their oil needlessly! And they have a whole industry of ‘oil change shops’ you don’t get in many other countries to do the needless work! Bonkers!

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Re:Electric cars are coming fast – is the nation’s grid up t... by SECProto on Sunday January 31, 2021 @09:20AM (#25978991)

I follow the manufacturer's suggested interval of 8000km. The same car supposedly has a longer interval in Japan (16000km), but using a different engine and definitely different operating conditions. It's just not enough of a cost or hassle for me to bother deviating from the recommendations.

I do happily ignore the oil change shop stickers that say it should be changed in 3 months/5000km.

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