How often do you get an oil change/ tires rotated? (fuel, mileage)

[griffon652]

Car 1: oil change every 4 months. I don't drive enough to even hit 3K miles in that period. However, that's around the time oil viscosity starts to lose its integrity regardless of miles driven.

Car 2: Oil change once a year. Its brand new and only takes synthetic oil. According to the manufacturer (and my shop) synthetic oil viscosity does not break down over time and manufacturer recommends oil change once every 10K miles. The new car gets less then that in a year but we will change it once a year just to be safe.

Tire rotation: Every 6K miles. To the person who doesn't rotate tires: what are you thinking??????

[wankel7]

Originally Posted by camaro69

Change the oil as the dash tells me to.

NEVER rotate tires. I've always believed that once they get rolling a certain way, why change the pattern.

Because tires are expensive. Frequently rotations promote even wear. For example on a fwd car the front tires will wear faster.

[Tiffer E38]

I change the oil in my BMW at 10k intervals, like the oil monitor says. At 160k miles, it's still perfect. I do not rotate the tires. They are directional AND staggered front to rear, so you can't put the lefts on the right nor the fronts on the rear. Still get full lifespans out of them.

[dpm1]

Every 7k miles in my fusion per the ford maintenance schedule. Rotate my tires myself when necessary generally every 2 oil changes, unless the front ones are still in better shape than rears.

[kevinm]

The tires on my BMW are not the same size. They cannot be rotated. I change oil every 5000 miles.

[dpm1]

Originally Posted by kevinm

The tires on my BMW are not the same size. They cannot be rotated. I change oil every 5000 miles.

That is interesting.. how come?

[Sayantsi]

Originally Posted by Manimuni

Oil - when the meter is around 40% oil life, maybe every two/three months.

Tires - less often.

I do drive pretty far to work, at least 40 minutes.

LOL, you can tell I'm a novice when it comes to automobiles.

Forty percent... that's like eating half a sandwich, and then throwing the rest away.

[Tiffer E38]

Originally Posted by dpm1

That is interesting.. how come?

If the fronts are different size than the rears (staggered), you cannot rotate them, especially if the tires are directional.

Both of my latest BMWs have been this way.

[johngolf]

I have the oil changed every 5K miles or 6 months whichever occurs first. I have the tires rotated every other oil change time.

[wankel7]

Originally Posted by dpm1

That is interesting.. how come?

Because expensive cars means expensive upkeep