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      01-06-2012, 09:41 AM   #144
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Originally Posted by ozinaldo View Post
It is not an odd thing; even the first oil change is "condition based"; so depending on how the car is driven and under what conditions the service indicator may come earlier. For example, in the first miles my car's computer was saying 2000km. for the service which was "normal", then when I put around 400km. mostly in the city traffic and short commute the computer said 1300km. for next service (which means go to service at 1700 km instead of 2000) etc.
Good to know that the algorithm for calculating the next service is working. On my E60 the next service for engine oil never moves off of 15,000 miles no matter how I drive it, so I never trust it.
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