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Old Nov 5, 2012 | 09:36 AM
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Decided to change my antifreeze so I bought a service manual. Guess what? Lifetime fluid. No wonder they have so many problems. Lifetime antifreeze,lifetime automatic transmission fluid and fifteen thousand mile oil changes.
 
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Old Nov 5, 2012 | 09:47 AM
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I change my oil religiously every 5-7k, antifreeze a couple times a year and transmission once a year.
 
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Old Nov 5, 2012 | 03:10 PM
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Originally Posted by ACallahan
I change my oil religiously every 5-7k, antifreeze a couple times a year and transmission once a year.
what kind of transmission fluid are you using?
 
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Old Nov 5, 2012 | 06:52 PM
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Mine is manual and I use Redline
 
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Old Nov 5, 2012 | 07:09 PM
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Ridiculously stupid change intervals. Seriously, coolant several times a year? Transmission yearly?
 
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Old Nov 6, 2012 | 01:44 AM
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Originally Posted by yritchey
Decided to change my antifreeze so I bought a service manual. Guess what? Lifetime fluid. No wonder they have so many problems. Lifetime antifreeze,lifetime automatic transmission fluid and fifteen thousand mile oil changes.
Bear in mind that car makers define "lifetime" as "until it's no longer under warranty."

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I change my oil religiously every 5-7k, antifreeze a couple times a year and transmission once a year.
I agree with shortening the service intervals, but the last two seem extreme given how well modern fluids work - are you tracking the car?
 
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