First Oil Change for the Scion (By me, anyway)
Whoever did the last one used a Genuine Fram OF and tightened it to the max! I did MUCH better; I used a Bosch! (Hey...dealers are closed on Sundays!)
At any rate, in the Scion (if you look through the Tips and Easter Eggs I posted) you can set the interval for the "Maintenance" light to start flashing to tell you when to change the oil again. I set the reminder to, I think (if I read it correctly) 3000 miles. It is set at the factory to start flashing at 4,500 miles as a 'Reminder', and stays steady at 5,000, the factory recommendation for oil changes.
So, I was wondering. If I set it to 4,000 miles, it should start flashing at 3,500, which I think would be a good interval to change the oil. I believe it had Synthetic in it before (the oil was a reddish brown, and not black) and I put in Castrol Syntech at the recommended weight.
Since synthetic is supposed to be SO much better than Dino oil, I don't think going 500 over 3K is going to do too much damage, esp when Toyota recommends 5,000 miles, eh?