Some things seem cheap when you only have to pay for them a little at a time.I am old school and have followed the same program with every new vehicle I have owned regardless of make. At 500 miles the oil & filter are changed. I then switch to a full synthetic. I then change at 2500-3000 intervals. I don't care if the oil MFG says is can go 5k, 10k, or beyond. It is cheap insurance.
Let's say $30 for oil, $10 for a nice filter and $0 for your time and effort, trip to dispose of used oil, etc. That's up to $160/10,000 miles or $1,600 for 100,000 miles vs. $400 for the same, or $1,200 more in "cheap insurance." That's if you DIY.
The catch is that since nothing went wrong, you assume it was because of the cheap insurance, rather than the engine simply did not require that maintenance in order to be just as well-maintained.
Oil discussions are generally pointless because, like politics, nobody ever budges from their mindset, so in the end, each person can do what works for himself.
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