Okay, everybody, feel free to give me any and all thoughts and opinions. This may be asinine, but I am known to be somewhat of a jack at times, so thanks in advance.
I use Castrol 10w30 in my Cherokee. My wife got a 1993 Mitsubishi Expo a few months ago, and who knows what's in the crankcase of that one?
I haven't been changing my own oil, mainly because I don't want to, I'm lazy and my time is filled with things to do already. However, I was planning on getting either a Fumoto or Sure-Drain plug and having the guys at the garage install it when they change the oil this time around. Maybe for my wife's car, or maybe not...the filter on that thing is hidden away behind a lot of stuff and doesn't look too fun to get to.
Anyway, the place I go to uses Castrol as well as Champion filters, but I always hand them a PureOne or a Napa Gold from my stash to use.
They are good guys, though they **** me off by overfilling sometimes. $17 for the oil change.
But now I learn that they have switched to Havoline oil. I don't know if this is the Chevron type or what.
The guy across the street uses Castrol for $24 a pop plus $3 disposal fee.
Sears uses Castrol, for $24 also.
There's a Chevron place which charges $29.99 (but you get a free car wash). And there's also a place that uses Shell, for $20.
Now, I hate to think of paying $24 or $29 every time. Maybe I will actually manage to start changing my own oil in the Jeep, though I don't hold out much hope for the Mitsubishi.
But for next week's oil change adventures, I need to decide what to do. I don't have any complaints with Castrol after 88K miles, though I have been intrigued with the information about Chevron from this board. Assuming I do begin doing it myself(after this time) I can buy whatever I like and use, and can get Chevron, Castrol, whatever, pretty easily. But I predict the wife's little car will continue to be taken somewhere to have it done.
The question is: Which place? I'd like to use the same oil for both cars.
Is it worth it to go for the $29 job for Chevron, or is the Havoline the same oil? Or stick with Castrol? Or any other suggestions.
I'm open, and desire everybody's opinions. I'm not interested in synthetic, and I always want to change the oil and filter at 3K.
So, let me have it, and thanks again.
[ October 06, 2003, 12:20 PM: Message edited by: MarkC ]