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My new Crosstrek is Alpine Green, and looks just like split pea soup, so I have named her “Soupy” much to the chagrin of my wife.
As I write this, she has 850 miles on her, and after watching many a YouTube video about the horrors of non-maintenance, and the myth of the “lifetime” transmission fluid, I’m here to ask about pros/cons of early fluid change?
The dealership wants to change the oil at 6K, and I’d like to change at about 2k. The dealership is mum on transmission fluid change, but I should do that early too?
We live in Texas, where we expect MAYBE three lousy weather days per winter, so I won’t be thrashing the engine, and my “See how fast this baby will go” days are in the distant past, so I will be a nice sensible driver.
My questions are:
1) should I change fluids early?
2) If so, when?
As I write this, she has 850 miles on her, and after watching many a YouTube video about the horrors of non-maintenance, and the myth of the “lifetime” transmission fluid, I’m here to ask about pros/cons of early fluid change?
The dealership wants to change the oil at 6K, and I’d like to change at about 2k. The dealership is mum on transmission fluid change, but I should do that early too?
We live in Texas, where we expect MAYBE three lousy weather days per winter, so I won’t be thrashing the engine, and my “See how fast this baby will go” days are in the distant past, so I will be a nice sensible driver.
My questions are:
1) should I change fluids early?
2) If so, when?
