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"We're in San Francisco today to introduce the Check Your Number campaign. The Check
Your Number campaign is a put forward by CalRecycle which is California's Department of Resources
Recycling and Recovery. And, we're telling motorists 'hey, don't default to that old
3,000 mile oil change standard!' Because, guess what? Today's cars can go a lot farther.
Look at the cars we have parked here today. You can see some that have 5,000 mile intervals,
7,500 mile intervals, even 10,000 mile intervals. And, as more people come in, we're going to
see that 3,000 mile standard just isn't really what we need to be thinking about anymore."
"We're working to educate Californians on when they should be changing they're motor
oil because most people default to 3,000 miles. So, if you tell us the year, make and model
of your car, when can tell you exactly time you should be changing your motor oil. We'll
put a mileage tag on your windsheild and we'll give you some free parking." "Perfect!" "Excellent,
thank you!" "How often do you change your oil?" "Oh, every 3,000 miles, give or take."
"Well, if you check your owner's manual, you might find that the recommendation is every
5,000 or 7,000 or 10,000 miles." "Oh, wow!" "So, you don't have to change it as often."
"7,500!" "How do you feel now, hearing that you only have to change it every 10,000 miles?"
"Great, I'd rather not have to change my oil all the time." "There are a couple of benefits
to changing your oil less frequently. First of all, you're going to save a little money.
If you change it three times a year instead of four, that's 30 bucks in your pocket, maybe
more. The other benefit - perhaps the more important benefit is the environmental benefit.
We're going to use less of our natural resources. In California, if people would reduce the
number of times they change their motor oil to the manufacturer's recommendation, we would
save maybe 10 million, maybe 30 million gallons of oil a year."