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PeterG · Mar 31st, 2003, 04:57 PM

I certainly don't drive it like a granny or anything, I just avoid red-lining it too often - usually I change up at about 5000 revs. Also, I do relatively few of the kind of short runs that are supposed to be bad news for a car. My commute is over 20 miles each way, so the engine always gets a good workout.

It's going in for the first service tomorrow, so I'll let you know what it predicts for the second when I get it back.

It would be nice to know how the computer does it's sums so we at least know what we should be doing to extend the life of the TLC.

Mar 31st, 2003, 04:57 PM	#9
PeterG MINI2 Newbie Join Date: Jan 2002 Local Time: 03:59 AM Posts: 31 Offline	I certainly don't drive it like a granny or anything, I just avoid red-lining it too often - usually I change up at about 5000 revs. Also, I do relatively few of the kind of short runs that are supposed to be bad news for a car. My commute is over 20 miles each way, so the engine always gets a good workout. It's going in for the first service tomorrow, so I'll let you know what it predicts for the second when I get it back. It would be nice to know how the computer does it's sums so we at least know what we should be doing to extend the life of the TLC.