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I was told to bring my car for my first oil change when the mileage hits 5000 miles or has only 20% life. However, I don't drive my civic very often and the mileage is now only 3.1k miles and the oil life is still at 50%. I got my car last April; should I have the first oil change after 1 year or should I trust the oil life displayed in the car? or should I drive as much as possible before this April?

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wait you dont drive much?
i bought my 08 ex coupe in june and only have 8k miles on it, which is 1000 a month. had our oil changed at somewhere between 5-6k miles.

did you happen to mean 3100 miles? not 31k miles?

 
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Sorry, I did mean 3100 miles (3.1 k)

 
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change it within a year. the oil goes bad just from sitting in the car.