Huh? There are a bunch of manufacturers now that have motors that do 10-15k, 20-30k mile oil changes. The hell are you talking about. The myth of the 3k mile oil change was created by the quick lube places to get money. I do my changes on a 22 year old car every 8k miles, new motors have way tighter tolerances and do way better on oil than older motors.
BMW has a good number, hell Toyota rav4, mini Coopers, mercs. You’re behind the times if you think this is not true. Full synthetic oils and tighter tolerances in motors have gotten motors to this point. It’s not 1953 where the motors consume oil and topping them up during fueling is a thing.
Can’t find anything specific on the Mini Cooper, different dealers are saying anything from 4K miles to 12K miles. BMW dealers are saying anywhere between 5K and 15K. Mercedes looks to be every 10K miles.
First change is at 10k the next is at 30k, and that’s a rav4. This isn’t new, oils have gotten way better and motors are engineered at much higher tolerances.
Huh? There are a bunch of manufacturers now that have motors that do 10-15k, 20-30k mile oil changes. The hell are you talking about. The myth of the 3k mile oil change was created by the quick lube places to get money. I do my changes on a 22 year old car every 8k miles, new motors have way tighter tolerances and do way better on oil than older motors.
8K is reasonable. 30K is not. Source?
BMW has a good number, hell Toyota rav4, mini Coopers, mercs. You’re behind the times if you think this is not true. Full synthetic oils and tighter tolerances in motors have gotten motors to this point. It’s not 1953 where the motors consume oil and topping them up during fueling is a thing.
Toyota vehicles where 0W20 is required have a 10K mile oil change interval. The rest are all 5K.
https://support.toyota.com/s/article/What-are-the-oil-chan-7604?language=en_US
Can’t find anything specific on the Mini Cooper, different dealers are saying anything from 4K miles to 12K miles. BMW dealers are saying anywhere between 5K and 15K. Mercedes looks to be every 10K miles.
Nothing anywhere for anything you’ve cited says 30K miles. Again, source?
https://www.galaxytoyota.net/service/service-tips/toyota-rav4-maintenance-schedule/
That’s 2 seconds of google.
First change is at 10k the next is at 30k, and that’s a rav4. This isn’t new, oils have gotten way better and motors are engineered at much higher tolerances.
Maybe read a little better?
It’s got a 10K mile oil change interval, from the very page you linked. Never mind that the link I posted above was from Toyota the manufacturer.
Here is audi, 20k mile
https://www.prestigeimports.net/service/your-guide-to-audi-scheduled-maintenance-intervals-and-procedures/#:~:text=Perform at 20%2C000 miles and,occurs first – Minor Maintenance Service
At the end of the day, it’s not the oil, it’s the filter. Most are good for 10-15k max, cheaper to just change the filter and keep going.
https://www.performanceoiltechnology.com/amsoil-products/amsoil-extended-life-5w-30-100percent-synthetic-motor-oil
That’s a 20k mile oil from amsoil, directly being advertised as such.
https://maintenance.audiusa.com/#/search
Audi appears to call for 10K mile oil changes, though I’m not going to check every single year and model.
AMSOil is good stuff, but they’re not an automobile manufacturer.