Thoughts on 5K maintenance...
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Thoughts on 5K maintenance...
Purchased my car new in mid-September. I don't drive it very much...work is 8 miles round trip. I've got about 2500 miles on it, but time-wise it's been 5 months. Car arrived at the dealership a few days before I bought it, so I think build date was late July....to put in perspective how long the current oil has been in the car. Should I do the maintenance now, or am I good to wait until the 5000 mile mark? Also being that this service is free, will Lexus even do the work if the car isn't at or around 5K miles?
Thanks for all advice!
Thanks for all advice!
What makes you think that you cant brake the engine in using synthetic? Many high end (Corvette, BMW) engines require synthetic only. I can't find a single disadvantage of synthetic vs regular. If you can think of any, let me know. Seriously, I am not trying to sound sarcastic or a smart a$$, I just couldn't find any.
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go get your first oil change with conventional oil and go again at 6 or 7 k and get a synthetic oil change. Just bring your oil and ask for an oil change not a 5k service...then you can go again around 10k ....I would simply do changes every 5k miles, I also have a short commute and put about 7000 miles a year and do oil changes with Mobil 1 5-20 synthetic every 6-8 months....since it is synthetic I dont worry about the 6 month thing...in fact you can probably go longer than 5k but just go 5k....your car will have like 30k miles when the next gen GS is released 
He should probably get an oil change soon, and since you only get one free service (your first), it makes no sense to take them sythetic at this point, let lexus buy your first oil change and oil, its fine if its conventional at this point....then you get another one 4k miles later and put in synthetic. You cant wait till 10k for your 2nd service if you get one now...comprende?
Last edited by EyeKutr; Feb 25, 2009 at 10:10 PM.
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I am getting close to needing the 10K service on my 08 GS350. I would like to switch to synthetic oil, but am not sure if I should just do it myself or have the dealership do it. I know the dealership charges around $150 for oil change (non synthetic) & a tire rotation. I suspect they would charge $200+ for synthetic. I can do the change myself for less than $50. Anyone have the dealer do synthetic & know how much extra they charge? Thanks.
I am getting close to needing the 10K service on my 08 GS350. I would like to switch to synthetic oil, but am not sure if I should just do it myself or have the dealership do it. I know the dealership charges around $150 for oil change (non synthetic) & a tire rotation. I suspect they would charge $200+ for synthetic. I can do the change myself for less than $50. Anyone have the dealer do synthetic & know how much extra they charge? Thanks.