I guar-awn-tee you that cars still rolling with 100-200-300K miles are those that were well cared for and had their oil changed regularly. Oil is cheap, and essential to preserving your engine. Changing it more regularly than not is probably the least expensive thing you can do to keep your car running as long as possible.

And the harder you drive, the more frequently you should change it. Just do it. Or you might as well put aside "all" that money you're not spending on regular oil changes towards a new engine at 60-75K.

Break-in periods may be "old-school," but turns out class at the old school is still in session. Yes, your engine is tested before it is dropped into the car, but it isn't installed in your car and driven around in real-world conditions. Hence, the suggested break-in period, in which you should do everything you can to ease your car into the job it's going to have for hopefully a long time to come.

Or not. This month's Car & Driver has a long term test of The Mitsubishi EVO (a car I think we can all agree is just maybe slightly more sophisticated on the engineering side than our xBs, xAs, and tCs) and notes that owners who have ignored the suggested break-in period of 1000 miles are now reporting that they are burning quarts of oil in their $35,000 supercars...DOH!! There's some food for thought.

So, I assume everyone checks their oil when they fill up the tank, right? It's a good habit. If not, there's this thing called the "dipstick" under your hood, it's yellow and what it does is...

Bottom line: when it comes to checking and changing your oil, don't wait for the idiot light to come on. They are called idiot lights for a reason.

 

wow..... you people are seriously wasting money lol, i can understand 5000 maybe being a little too much, but definitley wouldnt go any less than 3000

 

yes everyone has their own views and opinions about this, but i would think that the manufacturer would be a just a little more accurate than others

 

Yes that is true, but the main reason for changing oil is to get rid of the buildup of combustion byproducts, not because the oil breaks down.

 

I agree with you, no one except the manufacturer, since they are the ones who built the car.

 

doing mines at 500 miles

 

they may have built the car...but they don't drive it everyday. In different parts of the US, there is different conditions, altitudes, air pressures, and temperatures. All those factors can ruin an engine, some places more faster than others.

I live in Central Florida, and I drive about 30+ miles a day. I've learned from my father that the first 1500 miles could determin the whole life of the car.


once again, this is just my .02

 

^^^ agree..

the dealer goes by an oil comanies recomendations...
as with all recomendations, there are exceptions...shorter trips, colder weather, stop and go traffic...

check out what the oil manufacture suggests with these conditions..

 

"changing the oil" should be its own religion

 

amen to that... <---he's praying

 

Amen!!!! this is praying this is worshuping.

 

see the 411 on oil...

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