Need tips for driving manual 370z

Cory Gillmore · 10-09-2018, 01:53 PM

Thanks for all the information so far guys.

Now let me ask you about oil change intervals. In the past I’ve always had a lackadaisical attitude about oil change intervals. I had a 2000 GMC Sierra before this car and I used to change the non-synthetic oil in it like every 8-10k miles. Yeah you read that right. Never had any issues out of it and I drove it to about 180k miles before I totalled it.

Now obviously I’m not going to be quite so careless with my Z. But I also believe the synthetic oil in it is better than the recommended 4k miles by Nissan. Now I could be completely wrong in thinking that. So what do you guys think, should I change it right around 4k, or can it be stretched to 5 maybe 6k? Does anyone recommend changing their oil in 3 months even before the 4k miles is up? Thanks.

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10-09-2018, 01:53 PM	#32 (permalink)
Cory Gillmore Base Member Join Date: Nov 2017 Location: Memphis TN Posts: 113 Drives: 09 Sport/Touring MT Rep Power: 3364	Thanks for all the information so far guys. Now let me ask you about oil change intervals. In the past I’ve always had a lackadaisical attitude about oil change intervals. I had a 2000 GMC Sierra before this car and I used to change the non-synthetic oil in it like every 8-10k miles. Yeah you read that right. Never had any issues out of it and I drove it to about 180k miles before I totalled it. Now obviously I’m not going to be quite so careless with my Z. But I also believe the synthetic oil in it is better than the recommended 4k miles by Nissan. Now I could be completely wrong in thinking that. So what do you guys think, should I change it right around 4k, or can it be stretched to 5 maybe 6k? Does anyone recommend changing their oil in 3 months even before the 4k miles is up? Thanks.