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Re: OCD
« Reply #30 on: 12 March 2019, 00:03:43 »

Happily I don`t suffer too much with this condition  ::)
someone told me it helps to talk aloud a certain action. I suppose it registers with summat in your noggin  :-\
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Re: OCD
« Reply #31 on: 13 March 2019, 19:22:27 »

OCD is a form of anxiety.

Some people take it to the extreme. Always having to do the same thing in the same way for the same number of times. If they don't they are sure 'something bad will happen'
Like, say, changing your oil every 3000 miles?
nowt wrong with regular oil changes ,filter and oil are less than £20 ,some of the fleet do less than 3k a year  :P
About £12 on an Omega ;).  The Shaguar is a bit more at around £30.
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Re: OCD
« Reply #32 on: 13 March 2019, 19:26:12 »

OCD is a form of anxiety.

Some people take it to the extreme. Always having to do the same thing in the same way for the same number of times. If they don't they are sure 'something bad will happen'
Like, say, changing your oil every 3000 miles?
nowt wrong with regular oil changes ,filter and oil are less than £20 ,some of the fleet do less than 3k a year  :P
About £12 on an Omega ;).  The Shaguar is a bit more at around £30.
Cheap, yes. Necessary, no.
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Re: OCD
« Reply #33 on: 13 March 2019, 20:18:59 »

OCD is a form of anxiety.

Some people take it to the extreme. Always having to do the same thing in the same way for the same number of times. If they don't they are sure 'something bad will happen'
Like, say, changing your oil every 3000 miles?
nowt wrong with regular oil changes ,filter and oil are less than £20 ,some of the fleet do less than 3k a year  :P
About £12 on an Omega ;).  The Shaguar is a bit more at around £30.
Cheap, yes. Necessary, no.

beg to differ on that ::)
did an oil and filter on one of the corsa c (z14xep) yesterday after securing a local fence ,less than a year,6K, filthy oil , was not informed they had clocked up so many miles  ::) and NO it was not cheap oil ,and the engine had been stripped,cleaned and rebuilt last year , the car sits in Birmingham traffic jams
in this case, a 3k oil change is warrantied IMHO
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Re: OCD
« Reply #34 on: 13 March 2019, 20:23:56 »

OCD is a form of anxiety.

Some people take it to the extreme. Always having to do the same thing in the same way for the same number of times. If they don't they are sure 'something bad will happen'
Like, say, changing your oil every 3000 miles?
nowt wrong with regular oil changes ,filter and oil are less than £20 ,some of the fleet do less than 3k a year  :P
About £12 on an Omega ;).  The Shaguar is a bit more at around £30.
Cheap, yes. Necessary, no.
It can be. Especially with diesels. Or high milers.
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Re: OCD
« Reply #35 on: 13 March 2019, 20:33:41 »

My astra gets oil once a year, whether it needs it or not.
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Re: OCD
« Reply #36 on: 16 March 2019, 15:56:51 »

My astra gets oil once a year, whether it needs it or not.


That's always been my approach. Except when I was doing 30k miles a year; then I changed it at/around the manufacturer's mileage recommendation. I don't care that an oil change is only £12 if you DIY, that's still £12 too much when it isn't worthwhile.


This applies to petrol engines; diesels would get the change at no more than half the minimum recommended interval.
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