As one of those people who though that you had to change your oil every 3000 miles I was excited to see the story yesterday that said, with the advances in oil and the better engines they have developed in recent years that it is not required to change your oil every 3000 miles. Many of the new oils will last until 5000 miles or even longer if you use synthetic oils they will last up to 10,000 miles. That is amazing to me and I need to do some checking to see what kind of oil I need to use to get 10,000 miles between oil changes.