What are you getting in real city driving, you know stop, go, red light, stop, go, crazy kids crossing the street where they shouldn't.

 

congratulations on the purchase!!!

terms of maintenance, Hyundai has a maintenance schedule in the owners manual, you should give it a read over.

as for what type of oil, synthetic is fine, I prefer anything but M1. For filters I actually recommend the OEM filter (i did a tear down of a bunch of filters for out car) No external fuel filter, only one in the tank attached to the fuel sender assy.

What I do:

Oil change every 5K miles (Pennzoil Platinum or Castrol Syntec, which ever is on sale oem filter)
Tire Rotation every other Oil change
Air filter/ cabin air filter every 10-15K miles
brake fluid change every time I do the brakes (usually every 30K)

For the transmission fluid/ coolant/ tuneup (plugs) I will do them all at 50K, along with a fuel cleaner service.

Thatch basically it for my maintenance schedule. And welcome to the forums :thumbsup:

 

Thanks Smoke! I will definetely give the maintenance section a read then.

Beast, worst I have gotten in this car is about 28 mpg, and thats zipping around city. It always jumps up real high once im on the freeway though.

 

hey smoke, just out of curiosity, why do you prefer anything but M1?

 

M1 isnt what it claims to be. It claims to be(at least it used to, havent looked in a couple years) a full synthetic even though it is not. I believe when Mobile 1 was first introduced it was in fact a true synthetic, but it is not anymore. It uses regular base stocks that are highly refined. It has some synthetic in it, but its not 100% synthetic like they claim it to be. They charge for it like its a 100% synthetic oil.

Amsoil Signature series is a true synthetic. The XL and OE series are a blend. The Signature series is 3-4 bucks a quart more than the XL or OE series. Unless you are going to run extended drain(15k+ miles) I would skip the Signature as the XL or OE are plenty good enough to run to 7500 miles. Im planning to run the XL with the EA filters at 7.5k intervals, which even the XL oil is overkill and the OE oil would be fine. The EA series filters are some of the best on the market and use a synthetic element vs. the paper that most filters use.

 

+1

its really not what it usto be. there are cheaper and better alternatives out there.


Plus M1 aggravates the valve train in basically every motor out there, Just ask the F- Body guys "thumbsup"

 

I have also heard M1 is not full synthetic, although I ran it in my 6.0 silverado w/ turbo for about 180,000 miles until I pulled the engine apart for a rebuild cause I was adding new heads and a cam. Thing was spotless inside.

Then I somehow moved to the AMSoil side and have been using their stuff since I get it way cheaper.

 

Do you love your PHILLPOTT Hyundai?

 

Why yes I do....

 

Here is a great site to get answers to your oil questions and particularly Mobil 1.

Mobil 1 Q&A - Bob is the Oil Guy

 

I like that site in general, but what you linked is Mobile 1 propaganda written by a representative from Exxon/Mobile 1. That is not an independent Q&A.

 

Nice ride! Identical to my 2011.

The 10 year/100,000 mile warranty is standard on all new Hyundais I thought.



Yes, Mobil 1 is overrated and overpriced. Regular oil is fine for 5000 mile changes.

 

I had to pay extra for the 10 year, 100,000 mile warranty on my '12. Comes standard with 5 year, 60K....

 

The standard powertrain warranty is 10y/100k. The basic new vehicle warranty is 5y/60k. You drive 80 miles a day, those 100,000 miles are going to come pretty quick. What part of the extra cost warranty is going to benefit you?

 

is there a book on this car, i.e. Haynes or CHilton?

 

Not that I've seen.
This is Hyundai's version of an online factory manual.
The CD's on Ebay? Who knows what you'd be getting.

Hyundai Service Website