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Automakers extend intervals between oil changes

Improvements in motor oil and car engines are combining to torpedo a popular car ownership mantra: the 3,000-mile oil change, according to USA Today.

Ford is lengthening the recommended interval between oil changes for its 2008 models to 7,500 miles, up from 5,000 miles. Volkswagen just got done increasing its oil-change recommendations to 10,000 miles on its 2007 gasoline-powered models.

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