Quote Originally Posted by gti View Post
No it's less than 4mths young. I was thinking of waiting until Feb but not sure what the whole 1st service/oil change involves. Does every dealership use the same 'standard' VW oil for each service unless specified otherwise by the owner?
Yes, your's is younger than mine but you young people get around a bit more than us oldies

Mine will be probably only 6,500ks at 6 months, which means the first scheduled service will most likely fall at 13,000ks. The oil I will use is an approved longlife oil too, so in theory it will be good for maybe 20-30,000ks, but I don't mind a bit of overkill where my oils are concerned.

In your case the 15000 will most likely come up before the 12 months, so changing at 7500 and then 15000 would be my approach in your situation.

It's an ongoing debate whether you need to do a change at 6mths/7,500 (you don't need to) but I've never seen engine damage occur from changing oil of suitable spec more often than required.

But I have seen people putting 0W-40 into an old Falcon ute, and it's a symphony of rattles when it cold starts - that will probably end up an example of an oil that's far too good causing damage.

How's the Latte going - I'm still loving mine