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Old 07-11-2017, 01:01 PM   #92
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Originally Posted by NRXRaptor View Post
Kinda off topic. The maintenance schedule says to change the oil every 6000 miles or 6 months, whichever comes first. However, I don't drive my car anywhere near 6000 miles per 6 months. Would it be ok to wait 5000 miles or should I just follow the maintenance schedule? Many youtube videos with people showing how to change the oil say they wait 5000 miles on synthetic (ChrisFix for example) instead of waiting the 6 months.
"Severe driving" has it's own maintenance schedule in manuals, but a lot of people don't know what that is. If you're a low miles per year, short trip driver, you're probably in the severe category. From our owner's manual-

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