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Old 06-17-2012, 11:17 AM   #21 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by IDZRVIT View Post
There are two maintenance schedules for North American vehicles. From the 2010 Z service manual (also in OM):

"Follow Periodic Maintenance Schedule 2 if none of driving conditions shown in Schedule 1 apply to the driving habits."

Now, go read the conditions in schedule 1. Alot of Z owners do not fall under schedule 1 but there is so much internet hype on oil that people are changing their oil at 3750 miles when there is no need.
This was exactly what I was trying to get at. Again, I have no issue changing it earlier if need be, but if I'm able to get more mileage out of the oil...then why not? Why change the oil at 3750 just because the manual says so when you may have only used half the life of the oil, not only are you wasting money, but you're not getting the full life out of the oil (you may as well use regular oil instead of synthetic at that point).

It's so interesting how this topic starts such a heavy controversy...there's always one guy who thinks he's better or smarter than the entire board and we should bow down to him.

Thanks to the others for your input...I greatly appreciate it!
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