13K is not the minimum. If you don't drive it at all, it will begin counting by time. It would be possible to see that thing set at a 500 miles if you bought it, drove it home and parked it in the garage and drove it around the block once a month.

Of course, in that case you would only get one free oil change before it ran out on time.

My car is showing 4500 miles til service and my warranty runs out on time in October. As little as I drive these days I may not make it. Especially if I only drive it on long hauls which won't decrease the time to service linearly. It seems to stretch out since it is all road miles.

If you lose the free service, you're really not losing much unless you're the type person that thinks that no one on Earth is qualified to change your oil except the dealer. In the 50,000 miles, a typical owner would get about four free oil changes. There are some items such as air filters that are not scheduled for change until 60,000 miles, so you wouldn't get there anyway.

If it weren't for my brother in law, whom I trust greatly, being my tech, I probably wouldn't bother taking it to them for preventive maintenance anyway. I can change it easier at home than the trouble it takes to take it to the dealer.

Have a great day,