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Originally Posted by circuitsmith Nobody has talked about driving conditions. How much is the OP doing "severe service"? Someone driving 30k miles per year is probably mostly on a highway, and can get away with a 20k OCI. I drive ~6000 a year, mostly short trips in the city. A 20k OCI would be...

If I were paying anyone to change my oil, it would not be jiffy lube!

thanks for the info. I did a bit of research since posting and it seems the current fram line is much improved compared to where it was 10 years ago. I have no problem throwing my bucks to a company set on self improvement

Originally Posted by UncleDave Originally Posted by mnewxcv Originally Posted by Saul Originally Posted by mnewxcv thanks everyone who has spoken. I think I will get the extended performance mobil 1 0w20 and an extended performance filter. $35 out the door. Fram ultra why? The mobil filter...

there isn't much reason to get rid of any honestly, and it is impossible to say which you need without knowing what you use your computer for. They all apply to your graphics card whether or not you utilize the features built into it. They are not going to slow down your computer in any sense.

Originally Posted by Saul Originally Posted by mnewxcv thanks everyone who has spoken. I think I will get the extended performance mobil 1 0w20 and an extended performance filter. $35 out the door. Fram ultra why? The mobil filter is $1 more. I know low end Fram filters have had a bad rep...

thanks everyone who has spoken. I think I will get the extended performance mobil 1 0w20 and an extended performance filter. $35 out the door.

Originally Posted by UncleDave This car is easy on oil - with belt driven valve train and relatively low HP/CI and no DI pump. (hybrid portion adds power and makes the overall package more powerful than the gas counterpart) I ran it out to 20K on 2 microgreens. Ive since stopped running them...

found this post: "Im running 20K OCI's on my RX400H. PP 5-30 & a micro green change at 10K I'm at about 15K on the current sump. It took under a pint of makeup oil at 10K mostly to fill the filter. I probably won't even bother with a UOA as the oil on the stick is still gold. UD" Will...

Originally Posted by Gebo I would never do a 20K OCI. I can't even get myself to the point of a 10K OCI with synthetic. 2 more oil changes a year seems like really cheap insurance to me. looks like you have a handful of toyota/lexus vehicles there. Would a clean UOA change your mind on not...

I guess I forgot to include this in the OP, I am at 140k miles currently on the vehicle. I am not really trying to pinch pennies, I just don't know if spending $15 for 5k extra miles would be worth it for the 'best' oil. I'm perfectly fine paying the $26 for the 15k stuff. I see a lot of...

the manual calls for 5k mile oil changes. So even with a synthetic, including the ones listed, you suggest keeping the 5k mile oil change interval?

Bear with me, this is my first post here. I have been reading general threads and also threads specific to the oil/filter I am considering using. So let's get into it. Back when I got my license, I looked into oil/filters and decided that when I change my own oil I will run purolator one...