Most of the European cars are like that now sadly. Even Porsche.
Though many owners will still (wisely) have them serviced once a year and if I was buying one, that's what I would want to see.
See above. Cars used to be serviced every 10-12k miles or 1 year before long life servicing became a thing around 15 years ago.
2 years is far too long. It does all depend on how long you plan on keeping the car and how old it is etc.
If its brand new and you replace every 1-4 years then just stick to the cars built in schedule. Because you don't care about how long it will last and you shouldn't have any issues within the first 3-5 years if doing normal mileage.
If its for life or mega mileage then look after it and service it properly.
All synthetic oils are "long life" though, which is why they only need changing around 10-12k instead of 4k like in the old days
The ones that claim to last 20k will have down sides to them. Or is just re-branding.
VW state 18,000miles or 24 months for variable regime. No minimum yearly. I'd say the various VW brands will constitute more than 1%HOWEVER
You always have to remember that 99% of manufacturers will state that service intervals maybe, 20k, 24k, 30k miles, but they almost always state that you must service a minimum of once a year.
So if your car has a service interval of 24k, but you only do 8k a year, you still service it (do an oil change) every year and not once every three years.
VW state 18,000miles or 24 months for variable regime. No minimum yearly. I'd say the various VW brands will constitute more than 1%
Hmm
Better tell VW they are lying on their official UK website then.
As it states a minor service must be conducted every 10k or 12 months whichever comes first, for all their warranties to be kept valid
That'll be the fixed regime servicing, surely? The don't tend to use the minor/major terms for variable.Hmm
Better tell VW they are lying on their official UK website then.
As it states a minor service must be conducted every 10k or 12 months whichever comes first, for all their warranties to be kept valid
Flexible Service Regime (LongLife Service)
We recommend this service if you are likely to drive more than 25 miles a day, and if you tend to drive in the following way:
Regular long distance driving
Driving at a constant speed with minimum vehicle and engine loading, and minimal towing
Economical driving
This Flexible regime has been made possible due to the development of new Volkswagen engines with the latest technically advanced longlife oil. These engines use built-in sensors that continually monitor the oil quality, making it possible to enjoy reliable and confident motoring for up to a maximum of 18,000* miles or 24 months (whichever occurs first).
So you are telling me the vast majority of VW group cars don't do urban driving on daily basis.
Because if you do any urban driving it's pretty much impossible to be, as VW say "Driving at a constant speed with minimum vehicle and engine loading".
So you should not be on their long life schedule..
If I like me you live less than literally 30 seconds driving from a main dual carriageway whereby I can drive to the M1 and then pretty much anywhere in the country without driving on any urban roads for any length of time, theb maybe long life schedule is ok.
But if you commute through towns villages etc and are upland down through gears avd the rev range almost constantly then that is loading the engine too too much for the long life scedules.
Not many people can drive like that in the UK really. On motorways your still going to run in to heavy traffic quite often.