Hello, I have a question about the tripmeter... so I have been using it to help determine when I should change the oil. However I only drive the car to school which is not far at all, the thing is I don't drive the car everyday but it seems then in about 2 weeks time my tripmeter would be reading ~5k so I change the oil. Is it faulty or am I just reading it in the wrong units or something? I was thinking of looking at the odometer instead to help me determine when to change the oil... I bought the car with 177k KM on it, it is now barely at 180K. I have changed the oil at LEAST 4 times in the time period.... what do you guys think I should use to record the kms for oil changes? thanks for your help and i apologize for my extremely newbie question..

 

I think your odometer was reading 500.0 km and not 5000 km...

 

You know that you can just write it down,right?
Oil change every 5Km or 3000 miles?(or less depending on location,owner,etc)
Get a small piece of Static vinyl and put a reminder in the corner of your windshield like the Guys at The oil change place do.

 

Hey guys I appreciate all of your help. Thanks for answering my question.