I was at Walmart looking to buy either Castrol Blend or Valvoline Durablend...both were out of stock.. They only had 3 quars to Durablend, and 4 of the Castrol Blend. Then I was standing there looking at the price of the blends with tax comss to just bout 18.00, and looked over and saw the Mobil 1 full syn for 19.XX, with tax would be 21.XX and I'm thinking to myself, no why should I bother with those blends when Mobil Full Synthetic is only 2-3 dollars more? What a joke... Plus, the Mobil oils are ALWAYS fully stocked, so I grabbed the 5qt jug of Mobil and I've bot synthetic in my van now. Here's the kicker, many of you who know me by now realize I like to change often, but I'm thinking I have got to get over it and go 4-5k at the very least on this synthetic. The first OCI I'm going to keep short at around 2-3k only because I've never ran full synthetic in this engine. And yes, I didn't bother with the ARX treatment. Fingers crossed.
I will say this, the placebo affect of having the best oil in there makes me feel fuzzy all over even though a conventional would serve me just as well. But like I said, I was dead set on the blend, so I can't justify not spending the extra 2 dollars for the real deal.
