Toyota’s interval is 5K tire rotation, multi-point inspection, fluid level check. Adding oil and filter changes at 10K and 20K. You can certainly have the oil changed every 5,000mi you’d just get 2 of those for free in the first 20,000mi.
But damn sometimes it is hard to hold it in until they leave… 
If you have ever worked in retail, mech shops included, then you have laughed behind customers backs, you have also wanted to hurt a few also…lol…
200,000 miles is just Sunday driving. When you get up to 4 or 500,000, we ll discuss.
The service writer will advise you that the maintenance is not due in order to avoid your disappointment. The maintenance is provided for the first 25,000 miles, you might arrive at the dealer for the 20,000 mile service and be told that all your complementary services have been used.
The people at Toyota disagree with your philosophy.
Only Bing and George would drive the same car for 50 years.
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Naw multiple cars, many miles each.
I hope my new car will have an OLM. If so, i will use it
Mine is usually around 50% when I change oil.
Toyota vehicles do not have an oil life monitor that calculates oil life based on use. There is a maintenance reminder that displays “Maintenance Required” every 5,000 miles. The maintenance schedule shows which service visits require an oil change. If your vehicle has a navigation unit, you can enter both miles and date reminder.
Toyota has been using synthetic oil/10,000 service interval for 14 years, some people say time will tell if this is sufficient maintenance.
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50% what? I don’t understand. Thanks
I mostly do highway miles to and from work. Not much stop and go
An oil change, rotate tires, lube doors ,check fluids (typical 5K maintenance service) at my dealership is $129
Lol tin foil hat
Yes im familiar with that 5K “maintenance required” reminder light coming on in my 2006 Corolla
The olm measures remaining oil life in percentage terms according to their computer programming. So 50% means the computer thinks there is 50% life left in the oil but I don’t.
Oil Life Monitors (OLM) display percent of oil life remaining. Your car may not have an OLM. My truck has an OLM, I change at 20% oil life remaining, my car does not have an OLM, oil is changed at 5000 miles.
My bad. Haven’t been in a newer Toyota. Kind of assumed they had “maintenance minder” system like Honda. They really don’t have one?
Dang $129. Check your owners manual. I find it hard to believe it’s 5,000. But that could be. I remember looking at a newer Camry but decided against, and I believe I saw 7,000 stated using synthetic. Does the owners manual really say 5000 miles? Find that hard to believe for 2024 to still recommend 5,000 miles. But you might be right.
I specifically remember asking the question if I use synethic in a 2005 Camry how long can I go. Owners manual was silent on the matter. So I just went with the stated 5,000. Saw in a newer Camry owners manual, I think was 2018, that stated 7,000 or something with synthetic.
There are maintenance visits scheduled every 5,000 miles, the oil is changed every 10,000 miles.
The 5K, 15K, 25K services for example are considered a “light service”: tire rotation, key battery replacement (when applicable) and inspection.
Which part? The part where I claimed they have a goal to sell a lot of new cars?
I would suspect some long time mechanics would disagree with Toyota. But hey, we are all free to do what we want regardless of what experts say. I’ve pretty much had my fill of experts at this point in my long life.
That’s not a bad price. You will do this probably 3 times a year. If it gives you peace of mind, then it is a bargain. You’re spending a lot more on gas during the same time frame. Just be aware of the sales pitch to sell you stuff you don’t need along with the scheduled service, i.e induction cleaning.
You can save some money by learning to change the cabin filter by yourself. It is located behind the glove box and the directions are in your owners manual. It only takes a minute or so to do. You can buy the filter at any parts store or Walmart for about $20. Dealers often charge $80-100 just to replace one, and they need to be replaced about every 15k.
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