becos eric drive gaga blm .......

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Added on December 26, 2012, 3:31 pm
he actually got another idea on the alternator to battery direct link by the GC cable, but due to the diffculty to install and need to jack up the car and remove the bottom cover, he not doing this for customer.

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well, it do depends on individuals. If people can afford, they will surely service as often as they can. but then, some people have different thought even when I mentioned to them about the importance of servicing their car. there is this person that told me that, the amount he saved from dragging the service interval to the max of the lube can do and the labor charge can let him to do a rebuild so why care so much about spending the amount. I  when I listen to what he said.
he even do the calculation for me. as long as you don't drag fully EO more than 10k, the damage may just be minimal. of coz, it will be not as clean as you service at a higher interval. however, the damage may only come to be obvious when reached more than 100k km. the first 100k km definitely won't see any damage.
mileage = 100k km. service every 10k = 10 service. use fully every service is approx Rm250. x10 =Rm2500
the same amount of mileage service every 5k = 20 service. Rm250 x20 = Rm5000.
He mentioned that, for EO service alone the extra Rm2500 is not worth for him. He might just spend the money to do engine cleaning or overhaul which there is still balance left.

for me, this type of issue is quite subjective. as we know from previous post, gearbox is having even much more wear than engine but people rather shorten their service interval for EO rather than shorten it for the ATF. For me, if I am not mistaken, the cost of changing a gearbox is not cheaper than changing an engine. 

my dad is one of those typical people that doesn't like to follow the service interval. so my persona is never to be handled by him.
however, when I wanted to say that his dragging of service is damaging the car, I can't tell him that. My dad volvo is already 15 years old and the engine when revving to red line is even smoother than new persona. make me feel like throwing my car away. but then, the real damage is at the gearbox. the gear change is no longer smooth and have jerk. To me, this is a very good example of showing what happens to a car when you drag your oil change of EO and ATF.
from my real life example, damage is highly done to the gearbox. therefore, I would suggest to spend the money on the ATF instead.