I have a question for you guys! I am about to embark on a 5,000 mile, 15-day roadtrip. I just had my first scheduled maintenance (at 5,000 miles) done not too long ago. Currently, my mileage is at 6,500 miles so I'm not scheduled to get another oil change for another 3,500 miles. However, my cross country roadtrip will span 5,000 miles. So my question is, should I do an oil change early now or wait until I get to my destination? I would much prefer to not get one on the road. Thanks! Yorks 2006 Barcelona Red Package 8
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(yorks @ Sep 19 2006, 02:56 PM) [snapback]321898[/snapback]</div> Well, I like round numbers enough that I got mine changed in Virginia when I did a road trip last year to keep it at every 5,000 on the odometer. First time I let a dealer handle the car other than recalls, and they let the air out of my tires (down to 35/33 when warm so the tires were even lower the next morning). I'm also very firmly convinced that I lost $60 from my center console because I was stupid enough to leave my stash of gas money there. I can't be definite, but adding up all my gas and incidental receipts, I was right at $60 short at the end of the trip. :-( The oil change was done correctly, though, because I had brought my 3.5 quarts of synthetic oil and a new filter with me, so the dealer discounted the price and I ended up paying just for the labor. It took less than an hour because I had called before I left San Diego to make an appointment.
Did you put synthetic or dino in it? If you've got Mobil1 or the like in there, you're likely good to go for well past 5000 miles on that. Consensus from the oil-testing-geek corner of the world seems to be pretty comfy with running synth 10,000 miles on a pretty regular basis; you're even safer with a Prius since the engine only runs intermittently. . But I would google around and do my own research... . _H*
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(hobbit @ Sep 19 2006, 10:01 PM) [snapback]322023[/snapback]</div> No, unfortunately, it's not synthetic. Do you know if it would be okay to put synthetic in it now?
Yes you can put synthetic in it NOW.......I switched over at 1,000 miles but many have waited longer. Synthetic can run much longer than the normal 5,000 miles but for warranty issues you should follow it as close as possible. Synthetic will also improve your MPG just a bit overall.
