I often scratch my head and ponder this question - why does ANYONE choose to use conventional oil since, I think, everyone would agree that (as a general rule) synthetic is just simply better? Is it just ignorance about the differences about motor oil and what a critical component of your vehicle oil is? I don't think there's ANYTHING a conventional oil is good for that a synthetic isn't better for, is there? Wouldn't the "worst" synthetic oil be better than ANY conventional oil or am I wrong?
I know there are some, perhaps unique, cases when maybe it makes sense to take the "if it ain't broke - don't fix it" approach or perhaps in some cases someone truly may not be able to afford a synthetic oil, or maybe it's a warranty requirement to use a certain oil, etc., etc. - I understand that and those cases. However, those aren't the instances I'm referring to.
Like I'm sure many of you, I belong to a few different newsgroups and I frequently hear people say things like "Ah...oil is oil - just change it every x miles and call it good - there's all pretty much the same." I also can tell that some of these same people LOVE their vehicles and will go to extremes to upgrade this and change that, etc., etc., but say "Oh, that's O.K., I'm only going to keep the vehicle until x date, so it doesn't matter, etc."
Is it me?...or do some of you ruminate on this topic also?
Ed
I know there are some, perhaps unique, cases when maybe it makes sense to take the "if it ain't broke - don't fix it" approach or perhaps in some cases someone truly may not be able to afford a synthetic oil, or maybe it's a warranty requirement to use a certain oil, etc., etc. - I understand that and those cases. However, those aren't the instances I'm referring to.
Like I'm sure many of you, I belong to a few different newsgroups and I frequently hear people say things like "Ah...oil is oil - just change it every x miles and call it good - there's all pretty much the same." I also can tell that some of these same people LOVE their vehicles and will go to extremes to upgrade this and change that, etc., etc., but say "Oh, that's O.K., I'm only going to keep the vehicle until x date, so it doesn't matter, etc."
Is it me?...or do some of you ruminate on this topic also?
Ed