Re: Plan on driving a new car on a 3000mile highway trip. Bad idea?

Hachiroku ハチロク wrote:
> On Fri, 16 May 2008 02:03:33 +0000, Jeff wrote:
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>>> You change your oil once a year whether it needs it or not, right?
>> No. I change my oil when it needs it, which is every 5000 mi or so.
> 
> 
> Good for you.
> 
> The manual says every 7,500 miles. So, why is 5,000 better than 7,500?
Or
> better than 3,000? Let's see what jim moonbeam has to say about this.

The car's manual says every 5,000 mi.