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If you're changing your oil every 5,000 miles, you're wasting your money.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/11/your-money/11shortcuts.htm...



Unless you drive an older car. My 14 year old Saturn's oil was rough when I changed it at 3200. I can probably take it to 5000 now that it has synthetic blend in it, but I'm not going to take a chance with a 154,000 mile old engine.




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