Since your car is still breaking in , 5000 miles to the first oil change is appropriate. Being the old fart that I am, my old dinosaur oil and carburated cars got an oil change at 5000 miles or every six months, whichever came first. If a car can't last 100,000 miles (not kilometers) with that schedule, then it wasn't a very good car (ahem....Chevy Vega). But even the Chevy Vega lasted over 100K miles if you added steel sleeves in the cylinders...I digress. New cars being fuel injected and heavily emissions controlled, as well as using synthetic oil, which does not coke as easily as regular oil should last double the regular intervals. I would say it's not a bad thing to go more than 5000 miles on a MINI but would change my oil at least once a year regardless of mileage and probably less than 10,000 miles. Just an opinion. My MINI got it's first oil change on my own money at 3000 kms (about 2000 miles) and then annually unless I've been driving it a lot. Then more frequently. Certainly if I go over 10,000 kms between changes, I would go in and get an oil change. So I guess my oil changes are at about 8000 miles. Oil changes are more expensive in Canada. There are environmental levies, oil disposal levies, recycle levies (oil comes in plastic bottles) and taxes tacked on top of the price of an oil change. They can advertise a special on oil changes at $40 or so, but you end up at about $70 out of pocket. Over $100 if you get it done at a dealership. So I don't try to overservice my cars unless I absolutely need to.
Pop over to merica and get you oil changed...... Take your wife out to dinner in Seattle... 2 hr drive
A follow up thought for those of us that have battery key fobs for our push button start. The owners manual suggests switching fobs occasionally to prevent the battery in the unused fob from going flat. Seems to me that switch fobs at the same time I'm getting an oil change would be a good way to remember.
I have never used my second key fob, it has hung on the key rack since I got the car four years ago. The last time I was at the dealer I brought it in and handed it to the service advisor, he was surprised to see only six miles on a four year old car! He said I should use it regularly, I probably won't though. Dave
I was a little confused on my first trip to the dealer when they didn't want to see my car yet, just my Fob. Now I know, The Rest of the Story.