Thats all fine and dandy. I'm glad you have had good luck with HPL. Im sorry you have had so many doctors in your life to praise and stay away from. I'm not sure how to relate doctors to engine oil.
One of those was wife's OB/GYN. Actually berated my wife for going to hospital with raging sinus infection (she had multiple sinus surgeries over the years) saying she is going to be a mom and should tough it out. 102F fever due to infection. We took her records and left. Found new doctor from other recommendations. Try that with a 4-5 month pregnant woman.
VRP is new as of 1-2 months ago. Ive seen this song and dance time and time again on BITOG. The new thing comes out, its a bangwagon. Everybody jumps on. Dave is a good guy. I have met Dave. Dave is in the market to sell oil. I'm glad he is successful.
Some times there are some good songs and dances and good times and experiences shared with friends
You seem easily swayed to now jump onto the VRP bandwagon. Im sure its going to solve all of your oil related problems and clean all your dirty engines better than any other oil there is. Have you been finding lots of "junk" in your filters? Maybe its time to shorten your oil change intervals or not jump on the bandwagons?
This is a harder one- easily swayed? I'd say more on the willing to try something different for possible improvements even as experience to learn good and bad. I know I read and lurked here for a long time before joining. I believe I found BITOG when my '93 Corolla was burning almost a quart every 1k and I was looking for options. The Gunk Motor flushes, MMO and others didn't seem to help. The less than 3k changes with QS or Pennzoil didn't help. I was working at Jiffy lube for extra money and no issue doing free drain and fills every 1k. At that time Auto-Rx was the most discussed thing, with nothing to lose I tried and followed the directions. It got me down to less than 1/2 qt every 1k after the full thing. Started getting even better than unfortunately car was totaled.
When you run quality syn like M1 and PP and your higher mileage vehicle oil stays clean for over 1k most would say that their motor is well maintained, clean with no issues. Maybe you do some BG EPR, LM or other flushes just for your own piece of mind with no noticeable gains because you didn't have any issues prior. Then maybe because your bored or want to scratch that itch you try some bandwagon stuff and find junk in filters you have never seen before. Maybe one of your vehicles is quieter at start up that your wife makes the comment about it. Maybe that bandwagon juice freed up some things to move freely keeping piston centered better or maybe total coincidence.
Maybe it's a nice option for DIY's that it is commercially available and seems to work so far. If I can buy M1/PP at Walmart for about $28 or try the VRP for the same price. I can always pick something else if I don't like it. Maybe time will change that how good it works perception/reality like the vaccine in I am Legend. Remember we DIY oil changers AND BITOG members are a very small part of the auto world. Most go to dealers, quick lubes or local mechanic and have no clue on options.
Yes I have reduced some OCI's on some vehicles due to UOA results, GDI and short trips. The factory MM just wasn't giving the warm and fuzzies. Other cars get much better highway use, I'm good with MM, maybe or maybe I just want to change earlier or I know I can go an extra couple thousand miles if life gets in the way of plans.
M1- My dad started using it in late 1970's in moms '75 Ford LTD. That was our family trip, travel trailer hauler. Everyone said he was crazy, it would leak like a sieve, too thin, nothing wrong with conventional oil, why waste your money. Car stayed on that until it rotted out and ran great no leaks. He also bought Hella H4 and H1 headlights with replaceable Halogen bulbs not available in USA. Naysayers said waste of money, nothing wrong with the tungsten yellow blobs, everyone else is fine with them. We did a lot of night driving on rural highways with lots of deer. All cars also got Hella fog lights and driving lights relayed with high beams so not to blind others. We also tried early LED's which sucked and went back to Halogen and then HID. I guess I'm as easily swayed as he was or as open to possible. Like many say, the older I get, the smarter my parents actually were.
So there you have some of my easily swayed, bandwagon experience. Maybe you are just more resistant to change, review, possibilities and believe the earth is still flat. Maybe we really are some other beings pocket toy like the marbles in MIB.
Stay healthy, I do truly hope all you do is the best for you and never any vehicle or health issues and your monetary investments always stay positive.
