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This is a stale post, but it gave me some context for a similar question. My 2013 FRS manual recommends oil changes every 7500 miles and I learned that other Toyota cars are recommending every 10000 miles. So I went to the Toyota dealer and together a sales agent and I dug out the manual on a new 86. To my surprise the 86 still recommends every 7500 miles even though a service writer at the dealership had said his first reaction was that 10000 miles would be fine because FRS uses the 0-20w oil which most Toyotas use and they are good for 10000. So on the way home I stopped at my neighborhood Subaru dealer and the server writer told me that Subaru recommends a 6000 mile interval on boxers because the cylinders are horizontal, not vertical, and the oil tends to rest differently in them.
To me this is likely more "opinion" rather than "fact" but it just goes to show each person who weighs in has a different perspective, and that seems to be true in this thread as well. I guess I'll keep with the 7500 for now.
(Can other BRZ owners confirm the 6000 recommendation from Subaru?)
Brian in Atlanta
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