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Originally Posted by Villages PL
I bought a new car on march 30 of last year and have only put on 2300 miles so far. I have an appointment to get an oil change tomorrow because they are offering a free oil change (up to 39.85) for my April birth month.
But I can't seem to get a straight answer as to how long I can go between oil changes. When I bought the car they told me it had synthetic oil in it. So they told me to wait 'til I get 3,000 miles on it. Now one person told me I shouldn't go any longer than 12 months and another said 6 months.
I would think synthetic oil would last at least 12 months, and regular oil 6 months.
Synthetic oil change costs $64.00 and regular oil change costs 37.00 . Would I be better off to get the synthetic and just get one oil change per year? Or is it better to go in twice a year so they will check things over more often.
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suggest you change it at minimum yearly or 6000 miles which ever comes first. just to get everything else under the hood checked and topped off.
if you plan to keep the car for several years stay with synthetic oil, if you plan to get rid of the car soon then regular oil ok.
but you need to show to next owner or trade in that you serviced the car regularly . i would not want to buy a 5 year old car that had the oil changed ag long interval periods with out servicing even if it had low miles.