At 999 miles - early oil change?

Here's a shocker: My dealer was going to change the oil at 5000 mi. They now say that Toyota recommends the interval to be 10,000 mi. So, I won't be changing my original oil for 12 mo/10000 miles.
With the synthetic oil that you have to use, changing oil more frequently is too expensive (and not needed, according to Toyota).

That's just my opinion (and Toyota's ).

 

I think they are doomed!

 

On my 2000 4Runner I changed the oil at 1,000 and every 5,000 after that. I sold the SUV after 10 years with 305,000 miles. It never burned oil and it never leaked oil or transmission fluid.

I contribute the long life of the engine to flushing the break in particles at 1,000 miles and regular oil changes after that. I never used special oil over the 10 years. In the Prius I do not have a choice. It always gets synthetic oil.

 

I'm just saying maybe for once we can trust Toyota. Maybe they know more about their oils and motors then we do.