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Originally Posted by basslover911

How many change their oil at 5,000 miles instead of the "old" 3,000 mile segments?

Heck, my Mazda6 dealer now says go 7,500 miles but I am hesitant of doing so. I am going to change it in a few hundred miles since I have gone 5,000 miles now but I am just wondering what everyone's interval is ... ?

My older car (1997) is at 10000km (6200 miles) while my newer one (2001) is at 15000km (9300 miles).
In my older car the oil level begins to lower at 8000km while the newer one arrives at min oil level at 15000km, so I respect these milestones.

I know newer cars are at 20000km (12400 miles) and some have been up to 30000km (18600 miles) but then people were mixing "low maintenance" and "no maintenance"... so newer cars tells you the distance remaining before next maintenance.

Now all that I know is French diesel, but I have always been told that diesel need more maintenance than gasoline. This may not always be the case with newer diesels.

Denis.