djmisio85

I drive pretty conservatively you could say, often granny driven. I use my car a few times a week, maybe 2 or 3 times, and often stay off boost, but when the roads are clear, or late at night, il give it a lil boost now and then, but only for short spurts, maybe 5 -10 secs max.

Sometimes go to rally training with some fellow rally drivers, like on an ice circuit. There i use a bit more boost, or when we have car meets on the mountain passes, il push for a minute or two.

I change my oil every 5000kms, thats roughly 3000 and a bit miles.

Iv read about some people changing every 1000kms!!!! Maybe if they go to the track every week, i can kind of understand. My gf changes oil in her nissan cube roughly every 3000kms, but even she knows, the dealer uses normal oil, not high grade stuff........

RICH S202

About 3-4000 miles here mate. Oil and filter change with Silkolene Pro-R

chocolate_o_brian

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well it says to change with a service so 7-7500miles for me. i dont thrash my car around and doubt while under my ownership it will see a track. had three full services in the last 13-14 months and shes happy enough. maybe will start to do oil changes in between services though, piece of mind with an ageing engine i suppose.

Mal K

Every 6 months which is about 3-4k miles for me with Motul Comp.

Gear Head

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every 4K or 6 months, which ever comes first.

HUDDERS1

i have my07 wrx, the service book says 10000 miles or year which ever comes first, should i stick to this or change the oil at 5000? I'm at 4500 at the moment.

Ian

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5k for me, and use pro s 10/50

ScoobyDoo69

iTrader: (17)

Every 5k, or inbetween services for me

davesti330

had my car a year and changed the oil and filter 8 times now.... But the cranks gone now so it didnt prevent that

davedipster

03sti with 300hp, use silkolene pro s 10/50 stuff and change every 12months which is normally 6-8k miles.

dipster

The Rig

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i use mine evryday, last oil change saw 8500 miles and 18mths use, bit long and hi mileage,like to do it every 6-7k

The Rig

iTrader: (13)

8 times in a bloody yr, why ?

andythejock01wrx

Ditto ! (same bhp, same mileage/time between changes, same oil !)

davesti330

Why not? nothing wrong with having clean oil in your engine

MMT WRX

I thought you stoved em and bought another or is that just when the ashtray is full?


Silkolene pro s 10/50 @ 7k..ish

Mifo

iTrader: (10)

I change mine every 4k, and it needs it as well!

The Rig

iTrader: (13)

Erm,unless your doing like, 3000 miles a month,thats obbsessive that is.

i read a report that clean engine oil is actually bad for your engine, it needs to get a bit dirty to work properly.

try and search the net on it.

danfranklin1

You can't change your oil too often. I do about 22k per year and change the oil every 5k - Motul with OEM filters.

every1sgottablue1

I get my engineers at work to chnge mine every 3-4000 miles. Works out cheaper than Subaru, take it to Zen once a year for full service

bigarf

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every 3-4000 miles for me use millers 10-60.

bushiwarrior

three times in the first year of owning my07 wrx

gallois

once a year, or 6000miles (i've done 5,500 last 12months).

gaz-cole

if you can do it your self in between major/dealer services why not do it more often if it gives you piece of mind.

MaDaSS

***** is what yer are! lol. Talk about the height of paranoia.
The book says 10k and that is what it gets.
Changing every 5k is about the most i would ever do if i was **** enough to do it.
Once again, it all depends on how you treat your car, and how you spend MOST of your time driving it.
But unless you have a deal going with Oilman, why be so ****?

chocolate_o_brian

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if your sooo not bothered, why get so wound up

danfranklin1

Don't know if that's a great idea - in the first year of ownership I'd be inclined to stick to the manufacturers recommendations and go for longer intervals. It's probably best to promote a bit of engine wear in the first year - lots of new cars seem to have incredibly long oil change interval recommendations when new, which then shorten. But perhaps that's to appease the company fleet managers who sell them on after a couple of years? Opinions welcome...