PJ the Comic
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I recently got a 2008 BMW 528i. The car does not come with a dip stick or a maintenance interval schedule. It is all computer controlled and the interval is 15,000 miles or more with highway driving. I realize this is high quality synthetic oil, and of course the engine is fed a diet of premium fuel, but come on! Is the manufacture just trying to save money in the first few years on maintenance because they are footing the bill? Or are synthetic oils really holding up over 15,000 miles? Are we pissing money away on 3000 mile oil changes in our other cars?
I changed my oil on all my cars at 3000 miles for the life of the vehicles. Most of these are/were all city drivers. I have not had major engine problems with any of them. I have not had a car over about 180,000 miles or so though.
I am switching to 5000 mile oil changes on my 2005 Dodge Magnum though. I use regular oil in this car and I feel like if it's broke in at 100,000 miles and will be just fine at this interval.
The BMW is getting a lot of highway driving with the 12k I just put on in the past 6 months 1000, 4500, and 1500 mile trips were part of it and that should qualify as highway type miles i would think.
I want to know what you guys think. I am not a mechanic but I do try to care for my things. Pissing away money at this time just to be safe ain't my thing so if I could and probably should get longer intervals I want to know!
Thanks in advance boys, I 'm betting this may get fun.
PJ
I changed my oil on all my cars at 3000 miles for the life of the vehicles. Most of these are/were all city drivers. I have not had major engine problems with any of them. I have not had a car over about 180,000 miles or so though.
I am switching to 5000 mile oil changes on my 2005 Dodge Magnum though. I use regular oil in this car and I feel like if it's broke in at 100,000 miles and will be just fine at this interval.
The BMW is getting a lot of highway driving with the 12k I just put on in the past 6 months 1000, 4500, and 1500 mile trips were part of it and that should qualify as highway type miles i would think.
I want to know what you guys think. I am not a mechanic but I do try to care for my things. Pissing away money at this time just to be safe ain't my thing so if I could and probably should get longer intervals I want to know!
Thanks in advance boys, I 'm betting this may get fun.
PJ