I have a new 07 G coupe. I have 2200 miles on it.
The service/owner's manual says to change the oil at 3750 miles or 3 months, whichever comes first.
I'm at 3 months this week.
I've owned many cars where I changed the oil at no more than 5000 miles and have had no problems. Assuming my car has Syntec in it, as the dealer states, changing the oil at 2200 miles seems like overkill. I know oil is cheap compared to the car and it's important.
I emailed the service manager and he said ignore the months and change the oil by 3750 miles. I was suprised by that.
What do you do?

 

idk i say change it every 3000 miles or 3 months thats what i do

 

my car is 8 months old and has 5100 miles on it, I change the oil at 3 months, period. Bring my own RP 5w-30, K&N filter, dealer changes it for $8.00

 

Change it at 3000 miles. Don't worry about time unless it's over a year.

 

4-5k miles. i've sent oil samples to blackstone since 15k miles when i switched to synthetic so they recommend when i should change the next interval

 

change it every 3k-4k miles

 

well the dealer told me every 3700 miles no time frame. so I will go with the 3700 miles

 

I use mobil synthetic extended performance which is guaranteed good for 15,000 miles but I change it every 7,500.

 

I try not to go a mile over 3000 now. I drive the car a wee bit too hard to risk waiting for oil changes.

 

Wait.. are you guys all talking about using normal oil? Or are you guys changing oil every 3xxx miles on full synthetic.. Because I use Mobil 1 full synthetic oil and I was going to change it every 3500 miles... Can you run on that oil longer then?

 

I'm running Royal Purple 10w-30 synthetic and change every 3k. If you have synthetic and don't drive that hard you can go up to like 5k or 6k, just depends on how you drive.

 

Ah fvck it I have to change at 3k then Thx for the quick reply.

 

 

every 10k, spending mucho denero every few months or miles makes no sense.....

 

Synthetic can go way more than 3000, but it's the filter that's usually the weak point.

I change the filter at 3000 +1 quart to top it off, and do a full oil and filter change at 6000.