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Feb 21, 2007 | 10:26 PM

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nodsetse

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From: San Diego (Mira Mesa), CA

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Originally Posted by dCvingtC

I used to get my oil changed at every 3K on my previous cars, but since oil is better formulated now than it was a number of years ago I don't worry as much.

Same here. And it's not just that oil is better, but the machining process for internal engine parts has improved so much that I'm now comfortable with 5k oil change intervals for any new car that specifies such, like the tC.