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Originally Posted by Kathyo
I drove a chrysler 150,000 miles and my husband never changed the oil after the original run in, just the filter every 10,000 miles or so. It's still running. And as an aside, what exactly is the benefit of synthetic oil if you can't drive further without changing it. You might get an incremental improvement in your gas mileage, but I doubt it, certainly not enough to justify paying almost 50% more for synthetic oil over regular oil prices
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I was getting the oil changed every 5000 miles, but that meant, some years, I'd skip a year. Up north I didn't have to go far to work, often I walked, everything I needed was in walking distance and even my dentist was just a bicycle ride away. I bought my car in 2010, with just 300 miles on it at the time I purchased it. It was what they call a "lot car." It's what the sales people use to pick up lunch for the crew, more or less.
It's now 2023, and there are only 75,000 miles on it. 13 years after I bought it "almost new." Almost 10,000 miles of that was my back and forth driving from there to here, when we were looking at buying and then moving to what is now our home, within a 4 month period.
Now, other than my trip to my parents, 500 miles round trip every 10 weeks, I rarely use my car for more than 10 miles weekly.
I see no need to change the oil every 5000 miles. Better for me, to change it once every 12-18 months, no matter how many or few miles between changes.