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Originally Posted by NachtRitter
That's why there's (typically? usually? always?) two maintenance schedules for cars... "normal" use and "severe" use. Severe use is stuff like driving short distances, stop & go, dusty conditions, extreme cold conditions, etc, etc. It would be really difficult to determine ( I think ) how much of a "benefit" there is to eco-driving vs normal driving from a wear & tear perspective, with so many other factors that come into play.
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I always thought that the "extreme conditions" maintenance schedules were set up the way they are because your oil temperature never gets hot enough on the short trips to get the moisture out which forms acids that are harmful to metal during the cool down.