Originally Posted By: dnewton3
It's only a "good pair" if you extend your OCI. But you've stated you're going to limit by OEM specs.
Yes, the oil itself will do a decent job. But you're wasting money. Any decent conventional oil (and they go on sale too, you know) would do just as well for 1/2 the money. Right now, there are any number of rebates going on with Peak, QS, Pennzoil, etc. You can use a dino oil for that OEM duration, and spend perhaps only $2-2.50/qrt; essentially half the investment. And yet get the same decent wear protection.
Also, I realize you're in CO, but you don't "need" synthetics for cold starts; any dino 5w-20 is going to do just fine as well.
So, if you don't extend your OCI, then it's not a smart move money wise, regardless how great you percieve the sale to be. Any fluid, regardess of base stock, can be over or under utilized. Synthetic M1 for 7k miles is a waste in the situation you describe; you may not agree with that, but it's true.
Don't take my word for it; look over many of the recent UOAs and compare/contrast the results. I would challenge anyone to show me definitive UOA proof (not marketing hype) that a synthetic is "better" than a dino oil, relative to the cost factor, in short-to-moderate OCIs.
In short - it's not that M1 is not a good oil; it certainly is. It's that your plan will be a waste of a good oil, because you're going to change it way too soon, where any decent dino oil would do the same job for 1/2 the investment.
Too late, he's just bought 3 cases of it at $5 a quart, thereby missing out on the O'Reilly deal for Mobil Conventional at $5 for 5 quarts after rebate with a filter. $10 if you can't be bothered with the rebate.
Not half price but 1/5th of the price, and 2/5th the price if you don't want to do the rebate.
But he had already made his mind up because he was getting $10 off a premium priced product. Talk about having your mind controlled by sellers.
