2012 oil change results

[ClutchDisc]

I've compiled the results for 2012 from the Post your latest oil change thread.

Just a few notes:
Mobil 1 includes all variations of Mobil 1. I felt that they were all to similar, so I didn't try to separate them.

Also, I didn't include any oils that were only used once.

When brands are combined, Mobil tops the list for 2012 at 223 oil changes, followed by Pennzoil at 168, and Valvoline at 127.

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#1 Mobil 1..................165
#2 Pennzoil Ultra............53
#3 Mobil Super/Clean 5k...50
#4 Pennzoil Platinum.......48
#4 Pennzoil conventional...............48
#4 Valvoline Max-Life......48
#5 Amsoil....................43
#6 Shell Rotella..............41
#6 Quaker State UD.........41
#7 Valvoline Next-Gen......36
#8 Castrol GTX..............35
#9 Formula Shell............27
#10 Motorcraft..............26
#11 Valvoline Synpower....23
#12 Quaker State conventional.......22
#13 Chevron.................20
#13 G-oil.....................20
#13 Kendall..................20
#13 Toyota...................20
#14 Peak.....................17
#15 Napa.....................16
#16 Quaker State Defy.....15
#17 Valvoline conventional...........14
#17 Supertech...............14
#17 Castrol Edge............14
#17 Castrol Syntec..........14
#18 Redline..................13
#18 Pennzoil High Mileage.............13
#19 Royal Purple.............12
#19 Quaker State AD........12
#20 Halvoline..................9
#21 Mobil Delvac..............8
#22 Trop-Artic.................7
#23 Pennzoil Conventional...6
#24 Motomaster..............5
#25 Valvoline Durablend.....4
#25 Petro-Canada............4
#25 Motul.....................4
#25 Shell Helix...............4
#25 Scheaffers...............4
#25 Quaker State High Mileage........4
#25 Service Pro..............4
#25 Eneos.....................4
#26 German Castrol.........3
#26 BMW.....................3
#26 Honda....................3
#26 Boss Oil..................3
#26 Wolf's Head.............3
#27 Acura.....................2
#27 Valvoline VR1............2
#27 Meijer HM...............2
#27 STP.......................2
#27 Takumi..................2

 

[Turk]

Cool!

 

[Stelth]

A few questions. Pennzoil conventional is listed at #4, and Pennzoil conventional is listed at #23. Would these be the same thing under different names? Also, looking at Valvoline MaxLife at #4, and Valvoline NextGen at #7, does the MaxLife number include NextGen Maxlife?

In any case, thanks for compiling this.

 

[morepwr]

Nice! Thanks for working that out and posting!

 

[mechtech2]

43,653 members.
Roughly 1,000 in the poll.
Generally, expensive oils top the list.
I think those who use premium oils like to announce it, and most others could care less.
More accurate and useful data would be from the mfrs. sales.

 

[TallPaul]

Originally Posted By: mechtech2
43,653 members.
Roughly 1,000 in the poll.
Generally, expensive oils top the list.
I think those who use premium oils like to announce it, and most others could care less.
More accurate and useful data would be from the mfrs. sales.

Yes, this is entirely unscientific, but fun. I found it interesting that there is someone else who used Meijer High Mileage oil besides me.

 

[electrolover]

Bet that was a pain to go thru. Thanx!!

 

[bigjl]

I don't agree as a lot of people on the forum use cheap dino of whatever kind is on same and are happy to say so.

I think this just shows that in fact the majority of Bitogers are happy to pay that little bit more for a quality product.

 

[sir1900]

Great work! Thanks for posting!

 

[volk06]

Originally Posted By: mechtech2
43,653 members.
Roughly 1,000 in the poll.
Generally, expensive oils top the list.
I think those who use premium oils like to announce it, and most others could care less.
More accurate and useful data would be from the mfrs. sales.


And out of those 43,653 only 1% are probably regulars and not one post wonders.

 

[barlowc]

Great work ClutchDisc! Thanks for doing this!

 

[ClutchDisc]

Originally Posted By: Stelth
A few questions. Pennzoil conventional is listed at #4, and Pennzoil conventional is listed at #23. Would these be the same thing under different names?
You're right. Not being a Pennzoil user I didn't catch that.

Not really a big difference though if we combine them.
Originally Posted By: Stelth
Also, looking at Valvoline MaxLife at #4, and Valvoline NextGen at #7, does the MaxLife number include NextGen Maxlife?
Valvoline Maxlife does not include Nextgen Maxlife. That is how it was done last year, so I kept it the same.

 

[ClutchDisc]

Originally Posted By: electrolover
Bet that was a pain to go thru. Thanx!!
Yea, I estimate it took me around 6 hours!

 

[daman]

I would have thought PP would have been over PU.

Anyway thanks.

 

[Garak]

Thanks for the effort on this!

 

[KCJeep]

Thanks for the effort!

While certainly not reflective of the public at large, it's interesting to see what BITOG'er's are using.

I noticed you have Castrol Edge and Syntec listed separately though, it's the same oil though referred to by different names.

Thank you again. You've inspired me to bother to post my OCI's for 2013.

 

[barlowc]

Sure is a big gap between #1 (M1 @ 165) and #2 (PU @ 53). Funny thing is, I still have never used M1.

 

[dernp]

Are these statistics gathered from the "Post your latest oil change thread?"

Thanks for your hard work. Interesting results.

 

[barlowc]

Originally Posted By: dernp
Are these statistics gathered from the "Post your latest oil change thread?

Originally Posted By: ClutchDisc
I've compiled the results for 2012 from the Post your latest oil change thread.

 

[ClutchDisc]

Thanks everyone for the kind words! You guys are the reason I took the time to put that list together. I really appreciate all the feedback!