oil change light wtf?
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but the point is.. if you were to change your oil in the middle of the computers cycle how would it know
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Apparently the Oil Life Monitoring System is supposed to be pretty advanced ... I read a pretty big thread over on one of the 'Vette forums about it ... GM really spent a lot of time developing the system 
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However, I still have a hard time breaking away from "tradition", and since I'm too cheap to run full synthetic all the time, I usually aim for regular oil changes on or about the ~3k mile mark
. I just reset the light whenever it comes on. Typically seems to go about ~5500 miles between resets (so according to that, I'm changing my oil almost twice as often as deemed "necessary"? 
). Oh well!
.However, I still have a hard time breaking away from "tradition", and since I'm too cheap to run full synthetic all the time, I usually aim for regular oil changes on or about the ~3k mile mark
. I just reset the light whenever it comes on. Typically seems to go about ~5500 miles between resets (so according to that, I'm changing my oil almost twice as often as deemed "necessary"? ). Oh well!