Originally Posted By: Captain_Klink
I bought my subaru in minneapolis minnesota, to save a few bucks.
the US manual says 7500 MILES per oil change. The CANADIAN manual says 3750 MILES. Maybe Canada is by definition severe service, and oil change interval is in half. I would not take chances with a nice vehicle, that you paid a significant amount of money for.
5000km. interval for a car in Canada, is LOTS. My brother actually swears by 3000km intervals. I would say: do it every 4000k, and change the filter every 8000k. Get oil on sale at Wally World, your oil change will cost you 12$ + tax, plus a filter every other time. of course it also depends on whether you are driving a lot on the highway, or city. city driving is harder on the oil for the same amount of miles, because the engine revolutions is more per mile. easy highway driving is easy on the oil, but some canadian highways are quite high speed, which also does stress the oil, so it depends also on how you drive, the ambient temperatures, etc.
What part of Canada are you talking about... Temps where the majority of people live are the same as northern US. I have many UOAs on here during winter time with excellent results with 7000kms or more on the oil, and the UOA shows I could have gone much farther.