If you love your car, halve the recomendation so service it every 3 mths / 6000 kms is what I would suggest.Just registered and this is my first post. Just wanted to say this appears to be a great forum as I have already gotten some valuable info.
Just purchased a new 2010 Forester X as the wife's car and I have a question regarding the service intervals and the distance vs time requirements. The warranty and service handbook indicates that the services should be performed at intervals of 12500 Kms or 6 months whichever comes first. My wife would be hard pressed to drive 12500 Kms in a year much less 6 months. How do you members deal with this if you are in a similar situation?
I personally do it every 5000 km but only travel about 11000-14000 km a year so its normally every 3 months.
Hope that helps.