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Old 03-02-2011, 12:01 PM   #6 (permalink)
kielbasa16
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Originally Posted by Sundown View Post
"Only" four months? Holy cow. I usually ended up changing mine every 6-8 weeks for every car I've owned. My previous car was an 05 Mustang with 209K miles on it, and I was putting 3-4K a month on my Z until it died 2 weeks ago. I own a car to drive it, not garage it. I always changed oil every 5K miles, whether I hit that mark in 2 weeks or 2 months.
Not to thread jack, but how did you end up toasting the Z?

I agree with all of the above, if you hit 5k change the oil. Most people report the car running smoother with synthetics too, I know I was excited to reach the 5k mark for that reason.
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