https://valvoline.promo.eprize.com/e...tee/view_terms

Comes out to about 3 oil changes per year for me.

 

"To be eligible, Covered Consumers must change engine oil and filter before every 4,000 miles continuously"

What a scam.

 

LOL, I have no problem doing what amounts to 3 oil changes for me a year. Tickles me how people will buy a performance car, and then treat it like a 3rd hand beater to save a dime?

 

It tickles me how some people think that changing oil 3X times more often than recommended will make a difference.

 

Mikey, what I think Bigg Will is referring to is that having the coverage for the cost of a couple of extra oil changes per year might be beneficial. And depending how aggressively you use the car, only one might be considered excessive.

 

Best read ALL the terms and conditions. Then try to think of any car you've owned that had an event that would have been covered.

I can't think of one.

 

Oh do you mean that recommendation from the manufacturer? Who like ALL manufacturers has a vested interest in making their product last just as long as the warranty they provide?..LMASSOFF.. NOPE I'll go by MY experience T Y..

280K Mi. On my 97 Silverado, its 350 had NEVER been opened up other than for valve cover and oil pan gasket changes, and both times the internals were CLEAN. It gets synthetic oil changes every 5k mi. Still got it, and it's still running strong too!

181K mi. On my 2003 G35 Sedan, before I sold it last year for $200 ABOVE high blue book. I actually changed that cars timing chain tensioner which is covered by the Valvoline warranty.

163K mi. On my 1999 Z28 Camaro spun a cam bearing in it which is covered by the Valvoline warranty. Sold it in 2013 for $8500 (with an LS6 and built 4L60E).
So you do what the manufacturer tells ya Mike
And I'll do what my EXPERIENCE had thought me.

 

You've modified the engine on your Jag according to your profile. This negates the Valvoline warranty.

You admit to 'enthusiastic' driving. That negates the warranty too.

All three of your other vehicles have more than 150K miles, which is the limit for the warranty.

The Infiniti would not have been covered even if the mileage was lower as wear and tear is excluded.

If your Camaro had been at 150K miles, possibly it would have been covered, but the cost of that and any other repair would have to be offset by the cost of the additional oil and filter changes done over the 150K miles.

If there was some data indicating that engines lasted longer with more frequent oil changes than the OEM recommends, I'd be right behind you. But there isn't. Everything indicates that the change frequencies are still on the conservative side.

 

Yep, and paying for car insurance puts ALL of us in that same boat Mike, but we do it right. And PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE like car insurance is never about "when" it happens, only "if" it happens.

 

Actually the mileage limit for the Valoline oil I use is 300K mi. And since now ya want to split hairs if I WE did ANY of our own oil changes Jaguar could have voided OUR factory warranties, but the US MOSS-MAGNUSON ACT prohibits this.
I don't know Canadian law but here in California if a manufacturer or in this case Valvoline is going to void warranty coverage due to a mod, Valvoline has to proove the mod caused the failure.This is also one of the reasons why CALIFORNIANS DON'T HAVE TO GIVE ANY INFORMATION TO RECIVE COVERAGE. Please read and quote from the ENTIRE Valvoline declaration.
And really Mike we all know taking our cars out of park constitutes "Enthusiastic" driving..LOL
Again MY Experience dictates MY actions. And hey you do you..lol

 

I didn't mention who did the oil changes as it's irrelevant.

 

Ya splitting hairs again Mike, but I'll explain it for you, that analagie was used to show ANY manufacturer can void warranties based on only their rules. This is why knowing automotive repair Law is a good thing. Because the Law is what counts. And I know enough about CA automotive law to;
Make Ford exchange my 6mo old 1990 Mustang GT for a New 1991 Mustang GT, refund my 6mo of car payments made on my ,1990 GT, make 3 payments against my 1991 GT and give me a 70k mi warranty on my 1991 GT.

 

I think what you're trying to say is that a manufacturer cannot void a warranty no matter what the customer does with the vehicle. I can assure you this is not the case, California or not.

Good luck.

 

No.. I explained it to you, but I can't understand it for you..Smh.. Adios..