Originally Posted by buster
Originally Posted by RDY4WAR
Oil is cheap. Whether you spend $4/qt or $14/qt. Let's take that for example.
6 quart capacity
7,500 mile OCI
15,000 miles (2 OCI) per year
The $14/qt oil would cost an additional $120/yr ($10 per month). Realistically, the higher end oil would go longer intervals than that also.
The $4/qt oil would account for 0.12% of my annual budget. At $14/qt, it's 0.41%. By comparison, fuel accounts for 4.54%. (for 1 vehicle)
I see no reason to go cheap on oil. That said, I can also see the reasoning against it when you have good UOAs with cheap oils.
As for electric vehicles, I don't see that being a complete takeover for quite some time.
Agree 100%. I've never understood the mindset of those that cut corners on oil for their car that costs thousands of dollars.
I agree. I paid $5 a qt in 1978 when I first bought M1 5-20. At that time Valvoline 10-40 cost abut 45 cents a qt. However I tripled my OCI and saw the very noticeable benefits of M1 over dino. The cost of M1 today is around 5-6 bucks a qt by the jug at WM.