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Originally Posted by rburt07
I once met a elderly painter in Garland, Tx. He owned a mid 60's Plymouth wagon. He changed oil every 2000 miles. He said it had just under 350,000 miles on the meter and the engine ran just fine. He cranked it and drove off. I noticed he was a really slow driver.
About the hybrid:
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I looked at the list of the tanks of gas in the hybrid mileage database. The car icons at the top of the page. Many TCH's show to be broke in by their first oil change or 5000 miles. Thats when I went to the 0w oil and seemed to have picked up some mpg.
The 5000 mile oil change should be find using these new oils, dino or synthetic. There are some good synthetic blends available but i'm not sure if Toyota recommends them.
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Ah...the first new car in my family was a 1965 Plymouth Belevedere Wagon....we parted with it around 100K. Who knows...maybe it migrated to Texas....was it Tan?
Thanks for your thoughtful response....I confess that I wasn't a member at this site until about the time of my 10K/second oil change. Therefore, I didn't ask the dealer about viscosity...I will next time. Nevertheless, I sure do wish there were an override for the automated Service Required message.