In the UK, if you’re on VW’s time and distance service regime, the recommended service intervals during the first three years are 12 months or 9,300 miles, whichever occurs first.I just go with whatever the manufacturers/dealer recommend. I find a car expensive enough without extras.
I've just clocked 8,079 since new - 10,700 should see me through the first 12 months.
Been driving without, oil related, issues since 1979 - about a million miles overall.
There’s no benefit to more frequent changes if you’re not tracking frequently. Blackstone analysis in countless cars shows the 10k mile interval is just fine.I did my first oil change at <1K miles. I did it myself and very easy also oil filter and checked for metal flakes.
IMHO I'd NEVER go 10K miles on an oil change.
My car’s on VW’s annual time and distance servicing regime and my annual mileage these days is around 4,500 miles. Annual time and distance services alternate between a minor (oil and filter change) service and a major (oil and filter change and inspection) service. So yes, your oil should be changed.I,m having my first service in April 2023 car currently on 5100 miles and nearly a year old so I assume they will change the oil.
On a slightly different angle I had a BMW 330i which needed topping up with oil every 1000-1500 miles which was normal for the model.
As I mentioned my current car is on a flexible service plan, and it is on a PCP - my first.
Previous VW Mk6, as mentioned, is still going strong at 12 years old, and has always been serviced in accordance with VW flexible regime - about every 18,000.
I always keep cars for about 8 - 9 years. It's only with VWs I used flexible servicing, others have been 12 month intervals.
Well, I just want to keep the car in a good technical condition. It's not a magical machine, it's more or less ordinary 4-cylinders turbo engine, I live in Prague which is quite a polluted city, winter (below 0 temperatures, snow) is 7 months/year, I drive in a heavy traffic nearly every day, I can't imagine how the ordinary 4-cylinder turbo engine can handle it without changing oil every 10-15K kilometers. Maybe I'm wrong and there's some improvements in engineering which make it possible? My understanding also was that the flexible interval is more intended for the corporate fleet cars, and companies don't care much about technical condition of their cars, anyway they sell them after 50-60K kilometers?Good lord. 20k to 30k miles between change? Madness. Even 10k (US) is nuts. My opinion. 2 to 3 times that? No way in hell.
Follow the intervals in the manual.Well, I just want to keep the car in a good technical condition. It's not a magical machine, it's more or less ordinary 4-cylinders turbo engine, I live in Prague which is quite a polluted city, winter (below 0 temperatures, snow) is 7 months/year, I drive in a heavy traffic nearly every day, I can't imagine how the ordinary 4-cylinder turbo engine can handle it without changing oil every 10-15K kilometers. Maybe I'm wrong and there's some improvements in engineering which make it possible?