I dont know what you guys are talking about, but i talked to Nissan service manager today and he said an oil change is $39. He knows the Z is a V6, but he said it makes no difference.

Also i usually spend $50 for an oil change + tire rotation on my other cars. But you don't do tire rotation on a Z (I have no idea why not) but that's even better.

what makes you guys think oil change on a Z is over $100.

if they're using the Nissan Ester Oil it's over $100. If they're just putting regular 5w30 oil in there than it's $39, (Nissan Ester) is what they use in the GT-R's oil change. Correct me if I'm wrong.

why use ester oil if it's not called for? The Z is no GT-R. why use ester oil?

for my understanding ester oil is best for cars. not an expert at this but see if some pros can chime in on this. I just know that ester is better than the regular. Not really sure why but probably because it's synthetic stuff and less friction I guess? com'on people chime in on this so I'm not here being clueless passing out unvarified info!

It was in AK370Z's excellent oil change thread. Here is the link from that.

Thanks for the advice :)

Nissan Ester Oil is recommended in the service manual, not required. Conventional wisdom says not to switch to synthetic until 3-5k miles, which leaves you with at least one oil change to take care of with a dino. As much as I paid for the car, I can make sure the first oil change right after break-in is considered "proper" by Nissan. I'll switch to a full synthetic at 3500 miles or so.

Whether or not you change to synthetic at 5 or 5000 miles, that's your choice. But the last thing I would do is use regular 5w30 included in the $39 oil change at the dealership (unless you're getting a discount off the $100 one).

Oil change threads are new and exciting.

If you want to put the wider tires on the front and the narrower ones on the rear, get back to us on how it behaves.

Matt you are the Devil :stirthepot:

Thank you guys.

The guy you talk to is a dumb a$$, he doesnt know that the new Z requires a better oil. At least stick to a synthetic if you dont use the ester oil. My salesman didnt know that it was more when I bought my Z and he gave me a quote of $39 for my first change and when I brought it in the service rep had to talk to the sales people who then had to compensate for the extra $$$ to honor my quote, which was in writing.

Do you really think all the guys in this forum are wrong about this, with all the experience they bring?

I see this thread may lead to flamming?
Keep it Civil. lol

So Matt, when are you getting your first oil change done at that shop? Im waiting for you to go first so he can see how things are then Ill go. I will probably need my sexond change within a month, Im driving the hell out of this car.

i thought i read that you can go 80k miles w/o changing your oil? :rolleyes:

Only on Matts stirring the pot quote. :icon17:

Should have the oil/filter by late this week/early next week. So I'll take the car over either on Friday or Monday afternoon.