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Originally Posted by Jah Gekko
Funny you mention this. When I leased my BMW E92 I was told not to worry about changing the oil until I hit 15,000 - 20,000 and only do it when the on board computer tells me to. When I got my Audi A5, the first oil change is suppose to happen at 6,000. I even asked my friend at BMW if it's a smart idea to not change the oil say at 5,000. He told me not to waste my money because it was a leased car and let BMW worry about it. He also said some people don't get the oil changed until they hit 20,000 km's.
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If you were leasing a BMW, then follow their suggestions with nothing to worry about. After all, if anything happens, it's their responsibility.
If you were owning a BMW, that's an entirely different beast. The folks at Blackstone tend to recommend not to ride out BMW's recommendations fully based on the UOA's that they've seen.
They only way is to do one then judge the interval that works best. I wonder why BMW stretched to such lengths. Is it perhaps to upkeep a perception of "luxury, less maintenance", or reduce maintenance costs for themselves, (since BMW offers the free scheduled maintenance program)?
PS: If anyone wants to look up a database of UOAs, head on over to
www.bobistheoilguy.com.
This dude didn't change oil on his 3 series for 100,000km.
