Quote Originally Posted by drivatruk View Post
Thanks for the reply.

I still don't understand why the car service intervals are greater overseas. Its the same 40 tdi here as in Europe so why can they drive up to 30000km between a service and we can only do 15000km here?
The specified oil will run out to 30,000klms, however should a non-specified oil be used, the engine may not fare too well at that sort of interval. It's a backside-covering thing.

Besides, if you chose to service it at 30K intervals in this market, things may not work out too well for you, should you lodge a warranty claim on anything mechanical.