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Of course its not bad. With proper OCI all modern oils pretty much offer the same basic protection. Saying otherwise is just ignorant. Statements like using it in a beater infer that it somehow will not provide even the basic of protection which is just illogical.
Your inference of ST not providing basic protection is just that, yours. My point is, I see little/no 'cost benefit' to using ST, blended/made by various different and/or unknown suppliers, around the country. With known majors like SOPUS and XOM providing QS and MC5k, 'for me' there is no reason to chase the unknown suppliers of ST to save 30 cents or often less, a qt.
That said, for me, using it in beater makes more sense. A beater in my definition would be an oil burner, more so than average, or a vehicle nearing the end of it's useful life. At that point the cheapest/least expensive oil 'that meets spec', even with unknown suppliers, makes more sense, at least 'to me'. Again, until that point, I see little cost benefit with ST over the majors' oil, for my vehicles. For others, saving some cents under any circumstance with ST, may be worth it, just not for me.
Of course its not bad. With proper OCI all modern oils pretty much offer the same basic protection. Saying otherwise is just ignorant. Statements like using it in a beater infer that it somehow will not provide even the basic of protection which is just illogical.
Your inference of ST not providing basic protection is just that, yours. My point is, I see little/no 'cost benefit' to using ST, blended/made by various different and/or unknown suppliers, around the country. With known majors like SOPUS and XOM providing QS and MC5k, 'for me' there is no reason to chase the unknown suppliers of ST to save 30 cents or often less, a qt.
That said, for me, using it in beater makes more sense. A beater in my definition would be an oil burner, more so than average, or a vehicle nearing the end of it's useful life. At that point the cheapest/least expensive oil 'that meets spec', even with unknown suppliers, makes more sense, at least 'to me'. Again, until that point, I see little cost benefit with ST over the majors' oil, for my vehicles. For others, saving some cents under any circumstance with ST, may be worth it, just not for me.
