Don't complain about oil changes

Consider the coolant change required for plug-in vehicles with liquid-cooled battery-packs.

Volt requires 12 quarts for its change-cycle every 90,000 miles. Dealer cost is about $200... which I've heard is a decent price considering how messy that service can be.

 

Hey, if you can afford base Veyron's $1.5 million price tag, $21K is a pocket change isn't ?

 

If it is like the engine coolant, it is something you'll only need done every five years.

 

What part of "90,000 miles" wasn't clear?

 

Where did that come from?
The Volt gen 1 and 2 call for battery coolant changes at the same interval as GM engine coolants; 5 years or 150k miles.
https://my.chevrolet.com/content/dam/gmownercenter/gmna/dynamic/manuals/2017/Chevrolet/Volt/Maintenance%20Schedule.pdf
https://my.chevrolet.com/content/dam/gmownercenter/gmna/dynamic/manuals/2012/chevrolet/volt/2012%20Chevrolet%20Volt.pdf

 

That link isn't for gen 1. I was clearly told by an owner 90,000 to which he added sooner was preferred. He did his own at 60,000 and was the one who pointed out how messy it got.

 

misinformed owners, that's why we have priuschat!

 

I provided a link for the 2016 and 2012; gen 2 and 1. They both call for 5 year or 150k miles, which is the interval GM has used with since they switched to this long life coolant.

 

I think something most people don't realize about the INSANELY wealthy, is that it is not just the price of the things they buy and own, but also the cost of maintaining those same things.

But if you can purchase a Bugatti Veyron? Cost of ownership probably isn't something you even worry about. You go in, knowing it's going to be expensive.

I'd love a rogue youtube video where someone drives a Veyron into a Jiffy Lube for the $29.99 special, just to see what the tech's do.

 

Sounds like poor design to me.

But most expensive cars require a mechanic to follow you everywhere you go.

 

During the early part of the century, I had a friend who had a BMW M3. He told me oil changes were $500 and had to be done at a BMW dealership. It wasn't long before he traded that in for a Camry.

 

Thanks for the video Jerry, I was just about ready to buy one of those but thanks to you I changed my mind.

 

Yeah the 16 drain plugs and disaaembling the whole back end is a turn off.

I’ll stick to my single drain plug Toyota vehicles as well.

 

I have one car that has two drain plugs. I didn't know it and only got about a quart out of the first one, seemed strange to me. The next day I found the other one.

 

Does it take 60 weight like the Veyron?

 

@jerrymildred thanks for that video, very interesting. Crazy though.

It makes me feel a lot better, about taking the whole engine underpanel off for every oil filter. An extra 5 minute exercise, and then one drain bolt: walk in the park.