It appears that Mr X has a high mileage vehicle. Therefore the need for two cleaning and rinse cycles before he enters the maintenance program of adding 3 fluid ounces per oil change. For one thing he has not given any consideration to expected engine longevity and performance in his
vehicle, I assume he is trying to milk out a couple more years out of the current unit.
Not knowing the current condition of the motor, it may well decline in performance from wear, so to assume that it will maintain the old 21.5 mpg may not hold up in reality. He also does not account for the possibility of extending oil drain intervals, with a clean motor, running the maintenance
dose. If he's a dino user, it is quite likely that he may run closer to 4000 miles, instead of the usual 3000 miles on dino. If an oil change costs 25bucks and he is extending the interval by 33%, there is more than offset of running a $5.25 maintenance dose, in oil savings. The cost of an oil
change at 3000 miles is 0.83 cents per mile. A 4000 mile oil change interval will run him 0.75 cents per mile, with the maintenance dose installed.
In the long haul, he will never need to do a cleaning application again using the maintenance dose. I think he is short sighted in looking to recoup his ARX investment in just a few months. If he is looking to run the
car two more years, he'd come out way ahead of the game. I really don't know of any other investment opportunities that will generate the same rate of return.
If you were to extend the program over a year's time or 12,420 miles, his fuel savings would be $109.00 and oil savings of another 10 bucks out of his wallet. Not to mention that he would have used 4 quarts less of motor
oil and about 40 gallons less fuel. Fossil fuels are keyed by supply and demand. By all of us using less, we can help to lower fuel and oil prices.
Think about 50 million vehicles on the road using 40 gallons less gas per year. That would reduce demand by 2,000,000,000 gallon per year. I have not
even begun to address whether this high mile vehicle may be burning or leaking some motor oil, that could well be improved. And all the while, helping a great deal in preventing catastrophic internal engine failure,
which in the case of high mileage vehicles usually puts them intothe bone yard, for recycling.
Rich Eklund
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vehicle, I assume he is trying to milk out a couple more years out of the current unit.
Not knowing the current condition of the motor, it may well decline in performance from wear, so to assume that it will maintain the old 21.5 mpg may not hold up in reality. He also does not account for the possibility of extending oil drain intervals, with a clean motor, running the maintenance
dose. If he's a dino user, it is quite likely that he may run closer to 4000 miles, instead of the usual 3000 miles on dino. If an oil change costs 25bucks and he is extending the interval by 33%, there is more than offset of running a $5.25 maintenance dose, in oil savings. The cost of an oil
change at 3000 miles is 0.83 cents per mile. A 4000 mile oil change interval will run him 0.75 cents per mile, with the maintenance dose installed.
In the long haul, he will never need to do a cleaning application again using the maintenance dose. I think he is short sighted in looking to recoup his ARX investment in just a few months. If he is looking to run the
car two more years, he'd come out way ahead of the game. I really don't know of any other investment opportunities that will generate the same rate of return.
If you were to extend the program over a year's time or 12,420 miles, his fuel savings would be $109.00 and oil savings of another 10 bucks out of his wallet. Not to mention that he would have used 4 quarts less of motor
oil and about 40 gallons less fuel. Fossil fuels are keyed by supply and demand. By all of us using less, we can help to lower fuel and oil prices.
Think about 50 million vehicles on the road using 40 gallons less gas per year. That would reduce demand by 2,000,000,000 gallon per year. I have not
even begun to address whether this high mile vehicle may be burning or leaking some motor oil, that could well be improved. And all the while, helping a great deal in preventing catastrophic internal engine failure,
which in the case of high mileage vehicles usually puts them intothe bone yard, for recycling.
Rich Eklund
> Auto-Rx Proud User
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