My HCH is just about at 6000 miles and 30% oil. Over thanksgiving weekend I will be driving 1500 miles (my family decided to force me to drive due to the hybrid.) I cant imagine hitting over 6500 by then, so I don't think I will hit my A1 maintenance by then. Should I go in and do it early or wait? I am just afraid that 1500 miles wont be good for the car if it decides to tell me to do my maintenance during the trip.

Thanks for any advice.

I just did mine at 95% with 15000 kilomitors or about 9000 miles. I would wait untill you get closer to zero%. It is interesting going that far without changing oil. Much easier on the bank account. And to top it off, you don't have to change the filter on the A1. I made sure I took the filter off and dumped the old oil out however. H

Most people (I think) have been getting 9K miles or more before getting to 0%. Take the trip, change it when you get back.

Steve

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Vehicles:
350 miles a week ------------ 2006 HCH II, Magnetic Pearl, w/NAVI (born on May 25, 2006)
350 miles a month ---------- 2003 Mazda Tribute ES-V6
350 miles a year (for now) - 1986 Mercedes 560SL

I had the same situation. I was at 30% and going on a long trip. I changed the oil and filter at 30% and felt relieved while I was away from home that the car wouldn't need any service. I would wait until about a week before you leave and by then it might be at 20% and it will give you time to make sure the car is running okay before you go.

It is best to let the first oil fill run for 9-10K miles. This is because there is still by-products of the manufacturing process in your engine that are still being flushed out. A road trip will be a good opportunity to finish the process of getting these by-products loose and suspended in the oil and caught by the filter.

While the A1 service does not stipulate an oil filter change, and oil filter is a cheap item, and should be replaced.

To give you an example of the condition of the oil in your car, here is the oil analysis I had performed on my cars initial fill when it was drained at 9200 miles.