HK (and All again),
  The scarey thing (and this is what I was looking for people to comment on)
is that it is not the service manager, this is coming right out of the VW
Maintenance book that came with the car.
  Rich

>From: "Horace K. Sawyer" <firestream@mindspring.com>
>To: Richard Bias <rbias@HOTMAIL.COM>
>Subject: Re: Engine oil change interval (VW content...)
>Date: Mon, 07 Feb 2000 08:30:43 -0500
>
>That service manager is the craziest jerk I've heard of recently.  You tell
>him he is nuts and should be fired.
>Change your oil if you want your car last, its that simple.   Then write a
>letter to the dealer and VWOA telling them what you are doing.  Your
>warranty will not be voided.  That's crap.
>HK
>
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>At 04:26 AM 2/7/00 -0800, you wrote:
> >Good morning All,
> >  I see on the list that there are some people like me who have purchased
>a
> >new VW recently.  I have a 1998 Beetle.  I have always changed oil in new
> >cars at 1K, then 3K and then every 3K interval after that.  I talked to
>the
> >service manager at the dealer when I bought my car and told him that I
>was
> >thinking about changing my oil in the new Bug at 1K then at 3K and then
>let
> >them do the free oil change at 5K and so on (The recommended oil change
> >interval on the new 2L gas VW engines is at 5K, 10K and then every 10K
>after
> >that).  He said to me when I told him what I planned to do, an emphatic
>"NO.
> >  It will void your warranty.  These engines were designed to go 10K
>between
> >oil changes."  Is any one else out there worried about this?  Thanks.
> >  Rich and Annemarie
> >85 GL "Buba"
> >98 Bug
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