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I guess I didn't quite follow you as many of these oil terms are over my head

Originally Posted By: OVERKILL Originally Posted By: CC268 As I stated in the previous paragraph, many car manufacturers call for synthetic oils for the sole reason that it allows the user to do "less maintenance" on the car. Not that is really requires this certain oil and oil filter, etc...

Originally Posted By: Quattro Pete He paints with a fairly broad brush and goes too much into the whole true-fake synthetic discussion, which is somewhat irrelevant these days, but all in all, he's got it about right. The one point I don't necessarily agree with is this: Quote: Cold startup...

Yea this was a very brief paragraph...he has written countless articles on another site and really goes into detail. To be honest, most people still don't listen to him despite his expertise on the subject. Considering this IS his career and his area of expertise I do take his opinion quite...

To verify...the above is from a Petroleum Engineer in Texas...he has some extremely good insight into this stuff!

Thanks for all the info and opinions guys! Here is a paragraph that I pulled from an oil geek on another forum (not exactly sure what he does but I know he does lab tests on oil...) Let me know what you think: I doubt you have any idea just how big that question is. A lot of folks claim...

Cool guys well thanks for the info! Definitely helped in understanding more

Why would you run any oil for 10,000+ miles? Even if it is synthetic it seems to me that that oil would be very dirty? Does synthetic stay cleaner for longer?

Awesome thanks for the responses!

You obviously did not read my post at all haha...I NEVER said I paid 14 dollars a quart for oil, but I know some people who do on Royal Purple, Amsoil, etc...

I wasn't sure where to post this...but I am curious to hear your guys' unbiased (if that is possible) opinions on synthetic oils. Based on the research I have done it seems there is a lot more hype behind them. Do they hold up longer? Yes. However....this shouldn't be an issue if you change your...