2600 broken and i'm keep on going

3800 miles here

1500 and have only had it 3 weeks

I've got less than 1,000 on mine. :(
Hard to believe that I've had it for 6 weeks.

just means u dont live 32 miles away from work. :)

4600+ right now...coming up on 2 months on the Friday...

~wC

When Should someone get there First Oil Change. Did you get yours at 3000 Miles? Or we can wait a bit longer. My oil level is at 69%.

I'm at 48% I believe...just havent found the time...

~wC

2750 miles.

I did my first oil change at 2500 miles. Just a habit more than anything else. My oil level was at 80% at that time....

800 miles in 2 weeks

If i would change the oil every 3,000 miles what is a good oil brand to use and would it be better for a chevy dealer to do it or any shop. Becuase i took all my old cars to Oil Can Henry's but this car is my first brand new vehicle and i dont want to mess it up.

2957 Miles since 8/13/05 so far. I think i'm going to get an oil change next week

I had my oil changed right at 3000. I just dont trust my car tellin me when it needs its oil changed

Adam did you have any problems after the oil change. How does the car run?

12,450 so far...Had it 4 1/2 months

1060 so far, owned mine for just about a month now... going to do my first oil change at 1500.

16,300 so far. Bought it 12-28-05.

21800, picked up on 10-22-05 :usa: :twothumbs

After 1 month 4800 miles. I drive way too much.:lol:

4800 in 8 months, but now that my daughter has changed schools and will be 14 miles from home rather than 100, I won't be driving much. 1st oil change at 3000 because I don't trust things either.

Purchase date March 28, 2006 mileage today 18,000 plus...I mentioned in another thread that my goal is to drive the wheels off of it !!!

7155 KM (4446 miles)

Purchased May 30/06

10-1-05
22870 to date

18,431 Purchased new 6 mos ago, I love mine.

3,995 purchased 7/3/06

Well before the crash I had around 13000 miles bought the car in Feb

Just went out and looked and mine has 3238 and I bought it on 1/2/06. :red:

Just went out and looked and mine has 3238 and I bought it on 1/2/06. :red:

Deb you need to come down here to Az just so we can get a few miles put on yours :lol:

2,600 miles since 7/15/06. I'm going to keep a close eye on the oil to determine if the computer is calculating right.

14300 miles got mine on jan 4, 2006. I live 20 miles away from work and college.

Purchased July 1st, 2006 and have 2200 miles

4943 miles, bought my baby 4/22/06.
Daytona Blue LT 2006

2,600 miles since 7/15/06. I'm going to keep a close eye on the oil to determine if the computer is calculating right.

Just curious...how are you going to determine that?

From what I understand, it is not done by miles but rather by sensing driving style (miles/speed) and the condition of the oil. Its been 4000 since my last oil change and it still saying I've got over 50% oil life left.

9237 to date

Bought 2/10/06 - 6,641 miles today.

Just curious...how are you going to determine that?

From what I understand, it is not done by miles but rather by sensing driving style (miles/speed) and the condition of the oil. Its been 4000 since my last oil change and it still saying I've got over 50% oil life left.
Not trying to hi-jack...but,

Not quite right. It measures by miles, speed and temperature....NOT condition of oil.....the General is working on that little "ditty" but it's very complicated to analyze oil "on the move".

Oh, and forgot....you really can't get a real accurate oil changing mileage from trying to compute mileage with the percentage of use. Percentage goes down more rapidly at the bottom spectrum of the scale.....kind of like cummulative depletion (at least that is what I was told by "knowledgeable) people.

8100 miles since 4/06

1,800 miles since surprizing wife at dealer with it on 7/5/06

2680 since, I'll be changing mine at 3000.

Got mine in 1st week of Jan, 2006..and have 13K on it now...wow, lotsa driving!

Bought mine 7/22/06 and have 158 miles on it now.

Bought 7/16/06, and have 408 miles.

:D Had the HHR 1 Year on 8/15, and just a bit past 6,000 Mi. on it. I get the oil changed every 3,000 Mi. too. Just an old habit I'm not likely to change!:p:

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Just went out and looked and mine has 3238 and I bought it on 1/2/06. :red:

What, you only drive up and down your driveway? :D

Had mine 2 months today and just about 3000 km which is about 1865 miles.

400 miles...had mine 1 week

Got it the last week of Jan 06 and as of today I have 9080 miles on it. Can't seem to stop running around town or taking a 50 mile trip here and there in it. Oh well having fun anyway.

1060 so far, owned mine for just about a month now... going to do my first oil change at 1500.

I do not want to

a) start a debate or
b) raise the dead as CH replied to another post or
c) hijack the thread

but why in the hell would you change it so soon? What a waste and what a way to pour more $$ into the oil company pockets.

But hey, your car your choice.

Now back to our regularly scheduled program, I mean thread.

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This thread was started almost a year ago. ;) I thought it had long since been buried. :lol:

3600 miles and running strong!!!;)

What, you only drive up and down your driveway? :D

Not really...some of the time I have owned the car, I worked at the same place where I lived and the grocery store was right across the street, so the car was only used on weekends to go to my boyfriends house or to visit my kids. Since then, everywhere I need to go is relatively and usually within a 20 mile radius or so. When you live in a city the size of Denver, it is rare that you have to travel much farther than that to find what you are looking for. Even all the driving I did to take the photos at Red Rocks, Lookout Mountain and the others only put about 100 miles on the car. You would be very surprised how little you have to travel to see all the great sites of the Denver Metro area and the Rocky Mountains. Come on down one of these days and I'll be happy to show you the town. :smile:

The last 2 vehicles I owned before the HHR endured the same thing. I owned my Toyota pickup for almost 8 years and put less than 15,000 miles on it during that time. Same thing with my Honda Prelude, which I still own that only logged about 3000 miles in 2 years. So, as you can see, I am driving the HHR more than the others in the past...and loving every minute of it. :smile:

I do not want to

a) start a debate or
b) raise the dead as CH replied to another post or
c) hijack the thread

but why in the hell would you change it so soon? What a waste and what a way to pour more $$ into the oil company pockets.

But hey, your car your choice.

Now back to our regularly scheduled program, I mean thread.
i changed mine at 1000 miles, here is why. 1000 miles is enough of a break in period for the engine. I checked the filter to see if there was any metal shavings, large amounts means that something is wrong. I changed mine to Mobil 1 full syn, and have had no problems with the engine. I have done this with all of my new cars, and have never had any engine problems. It is more of a piece of mind for me and others to get the old dyno oil out and synthetic in.

I did the same thing with mine at 1200 miles for exactly the same reasons as jaydogg. Out with the factory oil and in with Mobil 1 synthetic. :thumb:

The last 2 vehicles I owned before the HHR endured the same thing. I owned my Toyota pickup for almost 8 years and put less than 15,000 miles on it during that time. Same thing with my Honda Prelude, which I still own that only logged about 3000 miles in 2 years. So, as you can see, I am driving the HHR more than the others in the past...and loving every minute of it. :smile:

:cool: You sound like us Deb, We bought our '96 Altima back in June of 1998,and it had just turned 30,000 Miles. We've only put 27,500 more miles on it in the last 8 years. (Probably less than a thousand in the past year!):roll:
I just keep it around in case I have to go to the store (Or the Doctor!:eek:) while my Wife is at work.:p:

13,000 miles in 13-weeks.

My daily commute to and from work..........

HHRANDY

A month and a half - 2700 miles.

had mine since 11/01/05 not at a little of 12,000 300 miles a week goes a long way full synth all the way and dont' let the oil change place put 10w30 like me and some people on this site the hhr will be sluggish like mine tell you chance it to 5w30 new it was back beter then new

Getting close to 16,666

Look out dashboard poker!!!!!

2600 bought mine july 26th, 2006

27000+ rapidly approaching the 1 year mark. end of september

7400 miles july 15th 2005

Bought 2/15/06, 224 miles at purchase
Has 12250 miles tonight after driving to work 38 miles. Oh BTW, changed oil only twice so far,, eee gaddd.....but still at 80%.......hope the general knows what he's talking about.:eek: :confused:

Have over 46,000 on it. Will have over 50,000 on it when I get back from Telluride in a couple of weeks. Need to check the purchase date, but I think it was around Sept 20th last year. It's been a pretty good vehicle. I've run Mobil 1 5/30 since the 2nd oil change @ 10,000 miles. Rotate the tires every 20K. Haven't had the wheels balanced yet, doesn't need it! I stay rolling, and the brakes haven't been touched yet, probably won't need to be for another 30K miles. I don't stop that much:lol:

Purchased on 4/21/06 and have about 4600 miles on it. First oil change at just before 3000 miles. With the 2.4l engine,would synthetic oil be recommended? If so, what brand would be best?

Purchased on 4/21/06 and have about 4600 miles on it. First oil change at just before 3000 miles. With the 2.4l engine,would synthetic oil be recommended? If so, what brand would be best?
Many of the forum members have switched to synthetic oil. As with many other things, it's a matter of opinion.

I personally use Mobil 1 synthetic, but I have seen others use Amsoil, Royal Purple and many others. There is a great 9 page thread HERE (http://chevyhhr.net/forums/showthread.php?t=278).

I use canola. It's the best.

I disagree. Being Italian I'll have to say olive oil is the best. :lol:

1762 miles as of this morning, bought it 30 days ago today (had 454 miles on it when I bought it 250 plus was delivery from another dealership, original delivery date was 73 days ago today) still loving it except for the weak audio unit. :(

10,200 give or take after this weekend's road trip from San Diego to Lake Havasu City and back.... made it using less than 3/4 of a tank, around 30mpg with the air on and not obeying the speed limits (80-ish)... But always letting someone go faster than me....

I hit 12,000 miles this morning.

bought mine 01/28/06 and just under 36K miles on it thus far... Royal Purple since 15K miles, no brake job yet, but i heard em whistle on the way home tonight so I guess I know what i'll be doing this weekend... I don't brake often, but i brake HARD! lol

CBL

I picked mine up on 12/27/05 and just hit 13,000 miles. My daily driver and loads of fun.:cool: :thumb:

Only 1600 miles so far; picked it up July 25.

48 miles, picked it up today!!

29,500 as of today

purchased April 15th 06

4.5 months and 29,500 miles

6500+ miles a month! wow

One year old as of this week, 14,200 miles of smiles :D

my first one a daytona blue had 8100 when traded for spring edition, which now has 2500.....

14000 mi here and lovin it. this week with the weather in the 80's and drivin 60 mph gettin 36 mpg just awesome

29,500 as of today

purchased April 15th 06

4.5 months and 29,500 miles

6500+ miles a month! wow


FRITCH...I know you love your car...BUT sheesh man..slow it down a lil. Even at 25mpg...youve used 1180 gallons of gas...Lets see...at an average of $2.80/ gallon you've spent appx $3304 in gas SINCE APRIL! :eek: :lol:

Have Snoopy for 5 months, now. 3278 miles as of today. Changed the oil and filter (Mobile 1 Extended Life and OEM Filter) and rotated tires. Cleaned the inside of the rims and the wheel wells since I had the rims off. Added 8 oz. of Redline Water Wetter and topped off the tires to 37 PSI. Still running well and gas mileage is still impressive at about 24 in the city and 31 on the highway...averaging about 26 over all.:thumb: :one:

FRITCH...I know you love your car...BUT sheesh man..slow it down a lil. Even at 25mpg...youve used 1180 gallons of gas...Lets see...at an average of $2.80/ gallon you've spent appx $3304 in gas SINCE APRIL! :eek: :lol:
haha yeah, I average around 29mpg though ;)

its my work car and I drive easily 5000+ miles a month, just rolled over 30000 today :)