[hotstang46`]

[quote=TGCOFTN]Abuse???? Let me tell ya, My Hummers live a VERY peachy lifestyle A pavement Princess? that's fine. They are FAR from abused Not doing your first change until 8700 is abusive. No one here will agree 8700 acceptable . My H2's have only been in the rain a hand full of times Rain does destroy a vehicle pretty quick eh?. I pretty much only drive them on nice, sunny days. They get professionally detailed once a month by a mobile detail service that comes out to my house See the "too lazy" comment I already made. My Hummers NEVER leave the pavement, if you want to see "ABUSE" go to youtube and watch what a lot of people do to there Hummer's Offroading is abuse?? hmmm And changing oil every 8700 is not? . My Hummers are garage kept, they are decked out in chrome and have NEVER been off road Repeat yourself one more time, please, and hey!!!! you're right, hummers were never engineered to go offroad and withstand the rigors of such. I am extremely particalar about my Hummers. I dont eat, or drink in them either. They both look like show room condition Enough a little repetitous eh? ?.

As far as running Premium Gas..........I think most of the 2008 Hummer owners will back me up on this.....by running premium it dont ping/knock, and it dont downshift as often. When running on regular, the engine dont idle as smooth, and it downshifts more often like its starving for power. [color="red"]You have no idea what your talking about, this engine is not in a state of tune that would require premium for proper performance.COLOR]


As far as Oil Changes go.......I am NOT Lazy not when it comes to detailing your vehicle either eh?, I get out and I work very hard for everything I have. Nothing has been given to me. So dont judge a book by its cover I'm not judging anything, merely stating that your first oil change was TERRIBLE at best and if I were you I'd be embarrassed to come on this board and say that for everyone to read, and furthermore, most people looking to change to synthetic are doing it for longer change intervals like you did with your first one, just looking to be lazy. Since you know so much, you should KNOW that engines now days are built and run CLEANER than old style engines which required oil changes every 3,000 miles. Nowdays on any make or modle, they dont recommend that. Go purchase a Honda, and look in the owners manual, it says every 7,500 miles You don't seem to get it, you will not find a single mechanic out there that would do that on his own vehicle, wonder why?. If you own a Hummer, flip thru your onboard computer and if your going to change the oil and it says oil life is 75% remaining then your a nut Nope, not a nut, I just care about my vehicles I have 2 other vehicles that I drive on rainy days, and both are 2002 models with 6 Cylinder Engines. One has has 178,000 miles and the other has 98,000 miles on it. I change oil every 10,000 miles on those 6 cylinder engines, I have ran synthetic oil in them since I purchased them. I run premium fuel in them as well. Guess what, 98% of everything on the engine is original. I have replaced a couple alternators, a belt, tensor, battery, brakes, minor things. But as far as everything else, its orginal. I own a fleet of trucks as well that's too funny, and just because you want to change your oil every 3,000 miles when the owners manual and your onboard computer DONT recommend it, thats YOUR CHOICE.......but as far as my choice, I will continue to go by the onboard computer when it tells me its close to a Oil Change. I did not run it past due.........when I had it changed it had around 7% Oil Life remaining and to answer your question, believe it or not, the oil was not that dirty. omg, to think, maybe you could have made 10,000 eh?

All I am saying is........dont go around bashing someone calling them lazy (not changing your oil until 8700 is the definition of lazy, and abusing there vehicles when you dont know them, or you dont know there lifestyle (dude, keep your sexuality to yourself).

P.S. Also, just wanted to share this little bit of info with you. Due to me being stupid, and not knowing anything, and abusing vehicles, and being lazy, as I mentioned up above, I own a fleet of trucks that run state to state, one of them has 1,059,000 miles on it. Guess what, thats the factory engine. Another has 742,000 miles on it, and its factory engine as well. Those engines are Series 60 Detroit Diesels. I have other engines as well suh as Cummin's that have anywhere from 80,000-----450,000 miles. I use synthetic oil in them as well, and they get changed every 20,000---25,000 miles. Pretty amazing a engine over a million miles for someone who dont know anything or abuses vehicles huh. You're right, I'll start changing oil every 8700....

While a Hummer may not have a diesel, I doubt very seriously General Motors would design a computer to monitor the oil life and even e-mail it to you once a month from onstar if the system was abusing the engine. Other wise since thats abuse, they would not warranty it. YADA YADA YADA, you're life's story is great, thanks for sharing. Now quit being lazy and change your oil every 3k, your truck will thank you!![/QUOTE]

for you to even try to make the argument oil changes with conventional oil every 9k is not only ok, but will help an engine last into the hundreds of thousands of miles is an absolute joke. I'm hoping anyone reading this that doesn't know much about cars takes what you have written with a grain of salt. This is the absolute worst information I've ever seen anyone recommend on the net regarding oil changes, Congrats.