Originally posted by mrtew
HUH??? What's this about chaning the oil every 3000 miles??? My owners manual says to change it every 8000 miles. What does yours say? Why would a warranty require you to change it more than the owner's manual recommends? I thought only car nuts that wash and wax their cars every weekend change the oil that often.

<-----Car nut! Also most oil change places give you a mileage and a TIME interval for oil changes....like 3,500 miles or 3 months...whichever comes first...

just my opinion...but since my VX is a pleasure vehicle and takes about 3 months to get 3,000 miles I've always changed it at this interval...my Fiero on the other hand is a work car and I change it about every 4 - 5,000 miles.

Also if you check your owners manual you will see that there is a severe usage section that says something to the effect of changing it in half the normal interval if you tow alot, do alot of stop and go driving (and I would throw in sustained high speed driving).

I also hate seeing dirty oil on my dipstick...so usually about 3,000 miles it looks noticably darker than when new where it is hard to see on the stick!