We finally broke 1000 miles on the WRX, and to celebrate, we changed the
oil and filter. We're using a cheap dino oil for the first change, mainly
because it's not going to be in there for long; I expect I'll change the
oil midway through vacation (which should be around 3000 miles on the
odometer at that point), and then once again when I get back. That final
change will be Mobil 1 synthetic, but until then, I'll use conventional
oil. The filter we used was a Purolator PureOne PL14460, which is as close
to the OEM filter as you can get (the OEM filter is a
similar
Purolator filter as well); it's got a slightly larger filter element
than stock, with the bonus of having the anti-drainback check valve as
any
decent oil filter should have. By the way, if you're having difficulty
locating someone who stocks this particular filter (the local Pep Boys didn't
have that one in stock), try Sears...they had one of damn near every PureOne
filter on their shelf. (Only I could write an entire blog entry about oil
and oil filters. I really need a life.)