Two kinds of cars come through here in Snellville. The one that runs to Briscoe Park, the Shoppes at Webb Gin and back, and never realy gets warm. And the one that does 78 in to Atlanta and home every day, an hour each way in the summer heat. Both need fresh oil sooner then the dash says. For diffrent reasons.
Short trips are the worst. The engine never gets hot enough to boil off the water and fuel that collects in the oil, so it turns to sludge in the pan. The long comute cooks the oil instead. And the car that sits for weeks with old oil in it is no better off. Its the same job either way, just sooner.
A yellow oil light or a service mesage means book it in this week. A red oil pressure light means pull over and shut it off, dont limp it home. Bring it to the German auto repair shop in Snellville that fills the oil your engine was built for and puts the numbers on the invoce, and has since 2010.