i know the dealer recommended to service the car ever 15000 miles but should i get the oil changed and the tires rotated sooner? also should i be using non ethanol premium gas?

 

Oil change interval - search the site, lots of threads about this subject.

Tire rotation - again, search the site (not as many threads as oil change recommendations), but lots of opinions on this as well.

Non-ethanol premium gas - yep, you guessed it, lots of opinions on this as well. Although, non-ethanol gas seems to be very hard to come by nowadays.

As for me, I followed the MINI recommended oil change interval until warranty ended and I switched to Royal Purple and a 12k mile interval. I rotate my tires on a regular basis - every 6k miles. I always use premium gas (but no non-ethanol around here).

 

YES for all your questions. For further info consult the threads in the forum. My opinion would be just one of hundreds you will find here. Do your own oil changes, it's not hard to do, and do your first one on Saturday, again, just my opinion. Have fun and good luck.

 

I recommend to all my customers to change the oil and rotate the tires every 5k. But I'm sure this thread you'll get 100 different opinions on this.

As for fuel if you can get non ethanol premium that is the best, but sometimes it's not always avail.

 

yes yes and yes