I think the oil change business depends a lot on the oil used and the type of driving.
I have used Mobil 1 in mine ever since the first service. It is expensive, but a lot less expensive than an engine rebuild on one of these beasts.
As a reformed biker, I have always believed in keeping the engine oil fresh, as nothing destroys a close tolerance, high revving engine faster than dirty, low quality oil.
However, with my driving patterns, (very little local use and occasional long distances), I have found that the Mobil 1 stays very clean until it has done at least 7,000 miles. And after nearly 100,000 miles the oil consumption is still virtually zero (i.e. it doesn't usually need topping up between changes).
The 20,000 mile oil change intervals now specified are only possible because of fully synthetic oils such as the Mobil 1, although I suspect they are also driven by environmental and cost saving concerns, and fleet operators (the biggest customers of the motor trade) want to reduce servicing costs.
Putting my cynical hat on, I daresay that GM, Ford, Fiat (
) and the others have little interest in their cars being able to run for half a million miles on their original engines either.
I for one fuly expect to see well cared for Omegas at classic car rallies in twenty or thirty years time, (If I am still around to see them), although the numbers do seem to be declining rapidly already.
So, another question: given that the youngest Omegas were built nearly ten years ago, and there will not be a replacement, which other cars would Omega forum members consider as a possible replacements?
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