How many months between oil changes?

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Originally Posted by onlydarksets

What's the rationale behind 4 months? Seasonal changes? How many miles a year do you put on your car?

I put close to 1,000 miles/month on my car, so it usually coincides with miles, but when it sat while I was at college, every 4 months was what I went with mostly because of seasonal changes.

I will say, I know next to nothing about cars, I'm just cautious about that. Ever since I got this car I've been concerned about trying to get it last for about 160k miles and try to take pretty good care of it.

Also, I had a 73 Eldorado before that and one of my mechanic friends said that regardless of how much it's driven, I should change the oil every 3 months. I figured with a newer car, I could push it to 4