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Originally Posted by shiumai
first few oil changes/basic maintenance at subaru are free. something like 2 yrs/24,000 miles or 3 oil changes.
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Doesn't that correlate to using up the 3 oil changes faster, which means service intervals come sooner, which translate to (assuming you go to dealership for services) going to the dealership faster and more often than you would of a car following the 7.5k interval.
In 100k miles, the 7.5k interval car will get 13.3 (roughly) oil changes, while as a 6k interval would need 16.667 (roughly) oil changes.
Thats almost 2 oil changes more.
In 10 years (120 months), the 7.5 month car will end up at the dealership 16 times if following the month schedule. The 6 month car will be at the dealership 20 times.
The difference would be about 4 oil changes. At the closest Subaru dealer, it costs 54.95 for an oil change for me.
Over the course of 10 years or 100k miles, one 6k mileage BRZ will be paying 219.80 more than a 7.5k/7.5 month BRZ.
Multiply that by 100,000 cars which equates to $21,980,000 extra
**this assumes no inflation
**this assumes oil changes are constantly $54.95
**this assumes no decrease in time value of money
**this assumes dealership servicing and not DIY.
**this assumes 100k subaru BRZ will be sold