Originally Posted by travace (Post 422901)

kinda crazy to me that dealer says no oil change till 7500 miles.
told me cause its synthetic... i never heard of this before

Originally Posted by 5hairpins (Post 423187)

Almost to 3500 in just over 3 months. Guess that puts me in the middle of this pack.

Originally Posted by travace (Post 422901)

kinda crazy to me that dealer says no oil change till 7500 miles.
told me cause its synthetic... i never heard of this before

Originally Posted by travace (Post 422923)

i guess not...my daddy taught me 3k was the magic number. :lol:

guess its time i take a step out of the cave huh?

Originally Posted by Shizuma (Post 423259)

You should talk to someone else at your dealer then, the first oil change is supposed to be at 3000 miles accord to the manual, and then 7500 miles per change after that, or 3750 if you live in a severe condition area, which actually is probably 90% of drivers as living near the ocean, in an area that gets snow or an area that's very dust are "severe condition" areas.


I'm almost to 5000 miles now on mine since mid June.

Originally Posted by jadewbj (Post 423357)

My manual says every 7500, nothing about 3000. Only the severe conditions thing.

Originally Posted by jarviz (Post 423306)

That was like 20 years ago :lol:

Originally Posted by Shizuma (Post 423413)

Hmm, you're right, my dealer told me I had to bring it in at 3000 for the first oil and even highlighted the 3000 mile column in the maintenance manual, however that column doesn't actually have anything listed in it to service for the BRZ, oh well I'd rather have had it done then than waiting longer for the initial oil change anyways.

Originally Posted by jadewbj (Post 423436)

I wonder if it is because the Subaru does not come with the 2 years free maintenance that the Scion does. So your dealer is scheduling faster oil changes to up revenue?

Originally Posted by Shizuma (Post 423259)

You should talk to someone else at your dealer then, the first oil change is supposed to be at 3000 miles accord to the manual, and then 7500 miles per change after that, or 3750 if you live in a severe condition area, which actually is probably 90% of drivers as living near the ocean, in an area that gets snow or an area that's very dust are "severe condition" areas.

i think i'm missing something here! trying to figure out why an area that gets snow,and living near the ocean would be considered "severe" service. i realize the "salt" air,along with the "sodium chloride" used on the road surfaces could create "havoc" with the body,however the "internal" oil lubricated parts in the engine should experience no additional "stress" to mandate an early "oil pull"..dusty conditions can and will cause additional stress on the internal engine parts due to "poor air filtering' because of reduced ability of the air filter to remove impurities...just sayin'


I'm almost to 5000 miles now on mine since mid June.

Originally Posted by Shizuma (Post 423446)

That wouldn't surprise me, either than or salesmen not that knowledgeable with maintenance schedules, the only vehicle that actually has something listed as required for the 3000 miles is the Tribeca, all the rest of the vehicles are listed as 7500 for their first service.

Originally Posted by jmaryt (Post 424703)

i think i'm missing something here! trying to figure out why an area that gets snow,and living near the ocean would be considered "severe" service. i realize the "salt" air,along with the "sodium chloride" used on the road surfaces could create "havoc" with the body,however the "internal" oil lubricated parts in the engine should experience no additional "stress" to mandate an early "oil pull"..dusty conditions can and will cause additional stress on the internal engine parts due to "poor air filtering' because of reduced ability of the air filter to remove impurities...just sayin'

Originally Posted by Shizuma (Post 425037)

Well I suppose they could make the argument that salt partials in the air do get into the engine thru the intake, but still it shouldn't effect the oil. Really I think thinks it's more of a just in case covering their asses thing, and also so if you don't do it every 3750 miles and you have engine problems they can not honor your warranty, I always do the recommended till my warranty is up, then go 7k between changes, I did the same thing with my Magnum which I had for 8 years with no issues.