Originally Posted By: KevGuy
0W oils are are waste for most people, in particular the USA. I live in the northern Canada and I use 5W and all is good. The only people I can see benefiting from is people in the way way north of me such as the NWT......and they all use oil pan heaters, block heaters and battery blankets. Just stick with the 5W-whatever and all is good.
In the USA, your post will be dismissed for trollishness, because at Walmart the 0W- oils cost exactly the same as 5W- oils. BITOGer's know the 0w-'s are usually composed of better base stocks. There's no reason for the knowledgable not to get the better oil for the same price.
Whether that is a "waste" depends on your point of view. When I get Pennzoil Platinum or Ultra, I am buying GTL oil that was previously Natural Gas most companies burn off into the atmosphere. About 100% of my waste oil gets recycled (I pop my cans and drain the media), it costs me exactly the same as every other synthetic, and now that all my vehicles are out of warranty, I can easily extend the OCI a bit. So I don't agree to the idea this is a waste.