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thcurry

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  1. I am old and grew up in the era where you changed oil every 3,000 or maybe 6,000 miles.

    Now it is 15,000 on the 986 and 20,000 miles on the 987/Cayman. And the funny thing is Mobil does not even claim 20,000 miles. I got use to it, what the guys on the oil message board call "extended drain" intervals. I figure the engine holds twice the oil of a "normal" car and you are using synthetic.

    Some people say this extended drain is for ecology reasons. I'm more cynical. BMW services your car for free for 4 years. Porsche does not. Some people when they are looking at a car what to know what the maintenance costs are. A Porsche sales person can tell a customer you do not even need to change the oil until 20,000 miles.

    This is my first post reply so hope it comes out OK.....

    Was just at the local [Albuquerque] Porsche dealer kicking Cayman tires yesterday and he mentioned that the factory had just changed the recommended oil change interval to 10,000 mi or 1 year, whichever comes first. I'm a 3,000 to 4,000 mi changer myself, even with RedLine synthetic. Cheapest engine insurance there is....

    Tom

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