oil change stickers

[dru]

For those of you who change your own oil, how do you keep track of the oil change intervals? I've been using those little stickers they hand out for free at autozone or advanced auto parts but they just don't seem to work very well.

I need something that will write well on them or some other method entirely...preferably something that will stare me right in the face like that sticker otherwise I am liable to forget. I try using a regular ball point pen and they just don't write very well on those stickers. I tried a very fine tip magic marker and that wrote great but smudged to the point of unreadability when I put it on the windshield.

What approaches do you take?

 

[NikatKimber]

Mine doesn't jump out at you...

But I keep a small spiral notebook in the car. I record oil changes, tire changes, gas, repairs; pretty much anything I do to the car gets written down with a date and mileage.

 

[Blue Baby]

Same here, book in the glove box noting everything I've ever done to the car. When oil was changed, what oil, filter, etc. Tires, trans fluid, diff fluid, turn signal fluid, etc.

 

[Hump66]

Use clear tape over the mileage to prevent smudging.

 

[Danny Tanner]

Before vehicles came equipped with the ability to detect when it needs new oil, I would use a permanent market and write the future mileage on my air filter, which I also change with every oil change. However, this doesn't necessarily stare you right in the face unless you spend a lot of time under the hood.

 

[Okie4570]

Every 5,000 miles on the odometer on the two diesels, so it it ends in 0 or 5, it's time. The 71' bronco and the 90' f150 don't get driven much, so they just get an oil change every year the week of my birthday.

 

[inactive]

Every 5,000 miles on the odometer on the two diesels, so it it ends in 0 or 5, it's time. The 71' bronco and the 90' f150 don't get driven much, so they just get an oil change every year the week of my birthday.

Same here for me. Every 5k on the daily drivers. The pleasure vehicle gets an annual full synthetic change but not in my birthday (that's in June, too hot!). I go with the week of OU/TX football. Much better weather

 

[Johnny]

Use a fine felt tip pen and let it dry for 10 minutes or so before you put it on the window.

 

[scooby13dew]

i go by the oil life sensor in my truck

 

[Lurkerinthewoods]

I use a gel tipped pen and write it on the sticky thing before I change the oil. By the time I'm done changing the oil, the ink is dried enough that it doesn't smear when applying it to the windshield. That is the only way it seems to work.