lov-n-life
Well-known member
After about 2 weeks, I now have a little over 1500 miles on my new '04. I spent the first 500 miles babying everything, the drive train, brakes, suspension, etc. Around 800 miles I started "pushing" the car a bit, flexing it's muscles by bringing RPM to about 2000 before shifting during normal driving, and about 4000 when accelerating onto the highways. Also in there were a couple WOT bursts to redline to keep any carbon build-ups from happening, and pushing the car in the corners to feel out the suspension, EMT tires, and to start learning how much the car talks back to me near the limits. So far, it is not telling me how wide the line is at the limits.
Anyway, my point being, now that I'm beyond the break in period, the oil life indicator still says 86% life remaining, the dealership put a 3000 mile oil change sticker on the windshield (but I know Mobil 1 is good for at least twice that), and so I'm curious as to when to actually perform the first oil change in a LS1. Should I wait for 3k? Normal oil change cycle? Let the computer tell me when? Any thoughts on this? Hib and C4C5, what are your professional thoughts? Thanks!
Oh, and while the discussion is going, how much feed back does the car communicate at the limits. My C4 wouldn't really let you know you were at the limits of adhesion until it let loose, and then you just became a passenger. I'm still getting accustomed to the EMT tires, but so far the grip still exceeds my personal pushing limits vs familiarity with the car. Thanks for the input!
Anyway, my point being, now that I'm beyond the break in period, the oil life indicator still says 86% life remaining, the dealership put a 3000 mile oil change sticker on the windshield (but I know Mobil 1 is good for at least twice that), and so I'm curious as to when to actually perform the first oil change in a LS1. Should I wait for 3k? Normal oil change cycle? Let the computer tell me when? Any thoughts on this? Hib and C4C5, what are your professional thoughts? Thanks!
Oh, and while the discussion is going, how much feed back does the car communicate at the limits. My C4 wouldn't really let you know you were at the limits of adhesion until it let loose, and then you just became a passenger. I'm still getting accustomed to the EMT tires, but so far the grip still exceeds my personal pushing limits vs familiarity with the car. Thanks for the input!