Interesting long road trip observation

[tired]

If none stop days of driving, you could run 200 hours without an oil change. Say 50 MPH average for 200 hours would let you run 10,000 miles. 40 mph x 200 would easy be 8000 miles before changing, just saying the road trips are easiest on oils.

As an aside, another example of how strenuous the VW 507 certification is. It has a 650 hour engine wear test. (The VW 505 cert has a 250 hour engine test.)

 

[Azimuth]

As an aside, another example of how strenuous the VW 507 certification is. It has a 650 hour engine wear test. (The VW 505 cert has a 250 hour engine test.)

Isn't 505 full SAPS? If so, why does it have a test with a lower number of hours? Unless of course, the 250 hr and 650 hr test are different.

 

[Javed]

Here is a pic of the battle wagon at least. Brutally terrible mpgs but good at all the other things it needed to do.

2 door trucks are real trucks

 

[tired]

Isn't 505 full SAPS? If so, why does it have a test with a lower number of hours? Unless of course, the 250 hr and 650 hr test are different.

I'm not sure. I just remember looking up the differences in the certifications and the test length.

 

[Carlostrece]

Agree. I don't think there's much of a difference in price between PUP and PP either. Not sure why people stick with older products when there better ones at the same or cheaper prices.

PUP is a lot better than PP. Partly because PUP is excellent. Partly because PP is not so good, IMO. I think there are many lower cost oils that give better wear protection than PP.

So yes PUP is a good recommendation. It's GTL with good additives. However, it runs a bit thin per grade, which I don't like for high mileage engines.

Quaker State Ultimate Protection Full Syn (QSUPFS) is another oil in the Shell family. QSUPFS is 80-90% GTL and has good additives just like PUP, but QSUPFS runs thick per grade, which I think makes it better (especially for high mileage engines).

Also, QSUPFS costs much less than PUP.

 

[Carlostrece]

2 door trucks are real trucks

Agreed, but how many doors does that truck have? I'm not familiar with that model. Does it have 2 doors, or 2 full size doors plus 2 little suicide doors?

 

[Javed]

Agreed, but how many doors does that truck have? I'm not familiar with that model. Does it have 2 doors, or 2 full size doors plus 2 little suicide doors?

I see only 2 doors there, no suicide doors.
By the way, this is my dream truck. Tradesman, 8 feet bed, 6.7L Cummins, Aisin transmission.

 

[4WD]

I see only 2 doors there, no suicide doors.
By the way, this is my dream truck. Tradesman, 8 feet bed, 6.7L Cummins, Aisin transmission.
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Grew up with regular cab LT’s - decided to try another in 2018 - lack of inside space was so impractical that I traded on something more practical

 

[Zee09]

Just returned from a cross country road trip with my oldest son from my home here in NJ out to Yosemite and back, hitting many national parks. Fun times!

My truck is an 18 Colorado with the V6. It normally gets 5k OCI's with Penzoil Plat 5w-30.

As a prep for this trip, I knew I would not be home in under 5k, so (probably unnecessarily, but made me feel better) I chose to go with Castrol's Extended Performance oil which boats 25k OCI's possible.

I have a Gold Plug oil plug on the truck with the magnetic tip. Normal oil changes see a bit of metal wear material on the magnet, a bit of a grey paste look to it, very normal with every vehicle I have ever owned.

To my surprise, after almost 8k miles with the road trip, dang if that magnet was clean as a whistle. Zero sign of any wear material!

I know a lot of wear happens on start-up, and those were very minimal over this OCI. The truck went over many mountain passes, 11k+ feet, and spent between 6 and 12 hours a day running at 80mph, so working quite hard. I expected to see at least the normal wear material on the magnet, but did not. Oil was visibly quite clean/clear too.

I think I'm sticking with the Castrol product from here on.

Great trip
I did over 900 miles straight yesterday in my Honda Accord.
It had 1700 miles on it...a 2025 and I changed the oil early with Amsoil Euro 0w30 which was my VW leftover oil.

During the drive, oil didn’t cross my mind. The crazy and insane drivers of all ages did.... the interstate is a war zone.
My trip from Maryland to Florida is something I have done for decades but every year the people get crazier.. Also being a bit frugal I see people using their big trucks to travel without towing or many occupants. It could be their only vehicle but I have owned many myself and think of the gas bill...lol

I'll get beat up but I saw several new Tundras on the road... not liking the back end style at all.... not that they care what I think....