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helicopter pat · Jun 15th, 2006, 01:07 PM

My MC has been laid up for nearly 6 months now, not been able to drive due to a cornea graft in my left eye. Yesterday when I ran the car I noticed that the countdown to next service ( 2nd oil change ) seems to have dropped from about 4000 miles at Christmas to 1400 now,about 400 per month. Has anybody else noticed this or know if this is normal?

Thanks in anticipation
Pat

PPE · Jun 15th, 2006, 01:10 PM

Hi Pat,
This is completely normal. When you don't use a car it still needs its regular check up. For example, in manuals clutches have a tendancy to seize when not used for a period of time, and oil also needs to be changed when it has been sitting around for an extended period of time.
This is one thing that MINI has over other manufacturers, that is that it doesn't rely on the "regular service interval" to let the owner know when it needs a bit of TLC. The car will tell you when it needs some TLC

Rich

Jun 15th, 2006, 01:07 PM	#1
helicopter pat MINI2 Newbie Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Windsor Local Time: 12:44 AM Posts: 37 Offline	Miles to service counts down when not used My MC has been laid up for nearly 6 months now, not been able to drive due to a cornea graft in my left eye. Yesterday when I ran the car I noticed that the countdown to next service ( 2nd oil change ) seems to have dropped from about 4000 miles at Christmas to 1400 now,about 400 per month. Has anybody else noticed this or know if this is normal? Thanks in anticipation Pat

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Jun 15th, 2006, 01:10 PM	#2 (permalink)
PPE Painting the town purple Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Western Sydney Local Time: 10:44 AM Posts: 592 Offline	Hi Pat, This is completely normal. When you don't use a car it still needs its regular check up. For example, in manuals clutches have a tendancy to seize when not used for a period of time, and oil also needs to be changed when it has been sitting around for an extended period of time. This is one thing that MINI has over other manufacturers, that is that it doesn't rely on the "regular service interval" to let the owner know when it needs a bit of TLC. The car will tell you when it needs some TLC Rich

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