10,000 mile between oil changes

Lee123

Why is this? I had a used Z3 a few years back and was told the maintenance light wouldn't come on for about 10,000 driving mostly in town. I never let it go long enough to see it light up. Before buying the 370z a couple weeks ago, I looked at a used SLK55 AMG and it said in the book the oil change interval was something like 12,000 or once a year. What's the magic difference with German engines that allows them to go twice as long between changes as Japanese engines?

Frozenr6

There are two significant differences between your european cars and most others. While this is a generalization one or both have been true to me all the time


1) europeans typically use a higher quality filter in the oil systems

2) European cars tend t have larger oil capacities. both of these will allow extended oil drain intervals