Oil change interval?
Recently bought a used Ford Focus from the dealer. Re: the sticker on the windshield, I asked, "Do you use a 3000 or 5000 suggested oil change interval. He answered, they used 5000 for awhile but got ...
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Eric&Lisa wrote:Wow, think of the money you could have saved if you'd have done your oil changes at normal intervals. You could have enough money to buy a whole engine if necessary, which it wouldn't be, over $7500 dollars in oil changes.
Daily driver #1: 306k miles.
Daily driver #2: 296k miles.
Both on original motors, never been rebuilt. I am religious about doing oil changes every 1500-2k miles. I do them myself, less than $25 in oil + filter, and about 20 minutes of work.
Take it for what it is worth. That is my personal experience, and I am sticking with it.
-Eric
