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Old 03-29-2007, 08:43 AM
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Default My rule of thumb is twice as often as the manufacturer recommends.

With "free scheduled maintenance" and the amount of revenue dealers generate from post warranty service, it is in their best interest for us to do less maintenance. So I just do it twice as much as they recommend.

Depending on model year and model they recommend every 7500 or 10000 miles. So, I would suggest either 3750 or 5000 so if you are still under free service, then you pay every other time.
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3750 miles? If that oil is synthetic, would you send it to me when you are done so I can reuse it?
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b/c oil is the life-blood of my engine &amp; I already pi$$ enough into 'other' non-wear mntnce.....
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7K miles, using synthetic oil.
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No, not necessarily synthetic. Whatever the manufacturer recommends, which is usually not synthetic.
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Ditto...5K and filter on synth
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5k miles and my dealer doesn't use synth.
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