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Originally Posted by Riccardog
Personally I think that service intervals on new cars are too long.
To complicate things, there used to be a theory that the factory oil fill had additional additives to allow for initial breaking in. I really have no idea if this was ever true, if it still holds today, and what the impact of it would be...
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I've been running interim oil changes, except this last two years, when mileage was virtually nothing. Still 13,000 miles showing when oil was changed. My dealer did it for about £155.
Interesting comment on the additional additives, not seen any data on this subject for recent BMW engines.
When I was running VW back around 2000, I was wanting an early oil change for a new Passat PD TDi. Dealer showed me a data sheet, where VW clearly stated, not to change the oil early, as it was filled with a break-in oil.