Well I'm about due for my car's first Oil Change (I'm at about 4000 Km's). I think from reading, the second oil change on the car SHOULDN'T be synthetic yet, unless you guys have an opinion about that?
Anyways, I was wondering where you folks get your oil changes done or do you do it yourself?
Do you go to the dealership (how much is it?), Oil change places like Mr. Lube (how much is it there?) or yourself (what's the cost of that?).
Basically I want to get a list down of:
Oil Type (synthetic or reg):
Change Place:
Cost:

All info would be appreciated!

Thx

 

a quick search of this topic will be a great first step for you. you will find many posts and opinions. if any questions remain after searching then feel free to ask for specifics...

 

I waited until 10K.
But you'll get a variety of responses on this topic. (many posts on this)

 

You won't get any definitive answers on the question. There are tons of threads and hundreds or thousands of opinions. You're best to do whatever you want.

I changed mine to synthetic at 3000 kms. Works perfectly and uses no oil whatsoever.

 

my main goal was to get prices and locations of oil changes.
I already decided to wait to second oil change for synthetic. Did you guys read my whole post or the first sentence lol

 

Oil Type (synthetic or reg): Amsoil Synth, Wix filter
Change Place: my garage
Cost: $45

 

Wish I could still use Amsoil...
I get oil changes covered but only @20k intervals, .....I do tweener changes myself.
Stuck with Euro spec, Castrol TWS Motorsport 10W-60 only available at Stealer.

 

Owch. That's cuz bimmer drivers are 'special'. Mine's due for a change but it just turned a million below here, so waiting a few days for a chinook. I wish I knew where to get an oil analysis done and how much it cost. Not fanatical about it, more curious to know how long I can/should go between changes.

 

I've been doing this for a few years now.
It doesn't cost much at all.

It's a HUGE advantage when it comes time to sell a car.

Here's da place... Fluid life
National Toll Free Number is: 1-877-962-2400

* Edmonton (780) 462-2400
* Brantford (519) 720-9200

 

Yeah, I found The Big Onion location on the Web. I'll look into it. Thanks, Ian!

OP please forgive the 'jack, but this may be useful info for you, too.

 

Finally had a window of decent weather yesterday (snowing today!) so I changed oil at about 9000 km. The oil *looked* good -- I know you can't tell anything from that, but it wasn't thick or particularly dirty and the filter didn't feel like it had a lot of dirt in it. I may cut it apart just for kicks and see how it looks. In any case, this makes me a bit more comfortable that I left the change longer than I intended and still appear to be in good shape. I won't likely ever run it much longer than that, but seems 8-10k km is not problematic.

As an added bonus I got some help from my 'crew'; at 9 and 7 it's not too young for them to start learning vehicle maintenance!

 

Great stuff.... start 'em young

 

+1 on that. I haven't had that opportunity with youngsters.

 

Did an oil change at Mr. Lube. Mobile one Synth 0W 30W for the winter. $95

 

$95? ouch. i hope you got fries with that