Originally Posted by NobbyClark

Its funny you mention that as the garage I use for servicing is a proper old school garage run by a couple of good guys. We were chatting about cars one day recently and he mentioned that they see a lot of cars (new customers) with engine failure or turbo failure which is down to the long servicing schedule recommended by the manufacturer. My mechanic said that regardless of what is recommended by the manufacturer, at the very least the oil should be changed once a year! He said the worst cars they see by a long chalk are Audi closely followed by BMW, and that it is new cars and not just the older ones as you may think!!!