I always let the car idle down before I take off.

 

I just had the oil changed in my truck, 4k over so at 9k. The oil life monitor has been at 0% for months and months.

Still wasn't concerned about it however I'm going to be towing a boat starting tomorrow, I wouldn't tow with oil that old.

 

Regarding the toilet paper thing: I called our local Costco here near Portland Oregon earlier today, looking for red gerania, and asked about toilet paper. Lady said they brought in 10,000 bags of TP in the morning, now all sold out again. So they have instituted a "one only" policy for TP, Clorox wipes, and a host of other items. I commented that a few months from now people will be returning carloads of TP. She said they have a new policy of NOT ACCEPTING RETURNS OF TP. So if true, some households will have enough toilet paper to last until the next viral panic.

 

people are idiots for hoarding TP, just stupid!!!!

 

Imagine if you could have placed options on it...lol Honestly I never would have predicted it. But as I read into it there was some very good news, in that 90% of it is produced in the USA. I toured a plant in New Milford CT back in 2018 so it clicked. There was a factory that burned to the ground in north Jersey. It's all made within 100 miles or less of where we live. Once that fact became apparent I said I don't see the problem actually, it's artificial.

Yesterday. My wife is so euro-minded. I texted her, hey, should you buy 2? (this is the warehouse pack like 30 double rolls for $16 or whatever) She said no we're not hoarding it. lol And most people weren't getting more than 1 as well.

I didn't finish watching it but there's a YouTube where a guy tests Costco oil. Pretty sure it's made by same mfg behind amazon basics and Walmart's house oil. At $25 for 10 quarts, it's the same as M1 and Pennzoil Platinum with a rebate, every day.

Man amazon is amazing. I've had the stock 21+ years so I don't watch it. I started watching it around 5 months ago and basing things on a single share as a barometer. It was stagnant what 2 years? But in 5 mos. I was up $400 at best on a single share. After all the pummeling that has happened in 4 weeks? A single share is up $70 over that 5 mos. UP. That's also indicative of Bezo's fortune, intact. I don't even want to check my retirement. A coworker texts me I'm down 150k!!! He's like 30. I want to say ah young grasshopper, some of us are down more than that (much more) lol

 

I lease and I'm cheap so I stretch out the 2 free services that I get from Lexus.

 

Well it's not perishable and it will be used. I'm assuming people will take dumps during and after the crisis. Some people like to be more prepared so who are you to criticize them? If you are late to prep, shame on you.

 

This is getting off-topic and could potentially explode, so maybe we should stick to oil changes. There's no sense in baiting a flame war.

 

Porsche's TDI has a 5K OCI, I adhere to that and the oil that comes out is almost mistakable for tar... haha I believe that Audi and VW TDIs have 10K OCIs still. On my IS350 I run it to about 7-7.5K; at almost 200K miles, it definitely is consuming some oil these days.

 

I change at 5k for most of my cars since you can use any group 3-5 oil at that interval and never worry. No reason to do more then that unless the engine in question has a mechanical issue or just really beats on the oil or you are using very cheap conventional oil.

Only one I change more often is at 3000 miles since the engine is about $18000 in parts

 

And you are wise to do so. Sure you CAN just drive off but there will be issues down the road from doing that.....

 

Not really in a 2017 LS. Or any car really, unless it's severe weather extremes.

Mine is always in the garage so it's never out cold but I might let it idle for 5-10 seconds if it hasn't been driven in a while before I put it in reverse.

 

Maybe it was Car Talk where they said with modern engines as soon as it's running smoothly you can go. Of course I wouldn't floor it on an onramp for a few minutes, but otherwise there's no reason to wait.

When I used to fly a Mooney it had a fairly sophisticated high-output fuel-injected engine. The rule after starting was to run it lean at idle (1,000rpm) and taxi to the run-up area, then wait until the CHT gauge was at the bottom of the green zone before advancing to full throttle for takeoff. But of course that's an air-cooled aircraft engine, which is stressed a LOT harder than an auto engine, which sees full-throttle only when you're passing someone on a back road.

As for diesels, I was concerned the first time a few decades ago I saw my diesel's oil on the dipstick. It seemed to turn black as coal in a matter of days after an oil change. But dealer said that was normal; lots of microparticulates, no harm.

 

So with my GTI, in this mild pre-spring weather, I have noticed it takes about 7-10 minutes for the oil to come up to temp with "normal" city driving. That is, driving where I am not babying the car but also driving conservatively, keeping it to 2500, perhaps at most 3000 RPM or less. By "up to temp", I mean 190 degrees F or higher. On longer drives it settles to about 215 degrees F. I've seen as high as 224 on a more spirited drive. In any case, I'm taking it as a rule of thumb to take it easy for the first 10 minutes give or take. I used to do the same with the IS, but now that I have a car with an oil temperature gauge, my idea has been validated.

 

It only takes it maybe 5 seconds to idle down