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  • adreww@alien.topBtoToyota@gearhead.townFirst oil change
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    1 year ago

    There’s a school of thought that setting the normal oil changes at 10k miles keeps costs low for Toyota during the free ToyotaCare servicing, which lasts for 2 years or 25k miles.

    If they required oil changes every 5k (the severe schedule) they would have to do 5 oil changes during ToyotaCare, but now they only have to do two.

    Many people have some or all of the aspects of the severe schedule (short trips, city driving, gridlock, towing, off-road, etc) and should be doing oil changes every 5k. Personally I do it every 6 months or 6k± miles (myself, so it only costs about $25 with Costco synthetic).

    IMO the 10k oil changes are fine if you plan to keep the car for 5-8 years and sell it before it hits 150,000 miles. But if you plan to keep it for 250k or more, change the oil a little more often.