I have said it on this forum before and I will say it again. I am absolutely amazed by people who pay 40, 50,60 or 70,000 dollars (or more!) for a vehicle and then use non-Top Tier gas, cheaper oils, push the oil change out to 15,000 miles or more and leave the filter on for multiple oil changes. Locally, there is a Sheetz (non-Top Tier) across from an Exxon. Both charge the same price for gas. And yet the number of new cars at Sheetz is amazing while the pumps at Exxon go unused. My VW mechanic at the dealer once told me that almost all the injector issues they encounter come from the use of one brand of gas....Sheetz.
So if you can lay out all that money for a new car, surely you can spend a bit more to do 5000 mile oil changes, put on a new oil filter each time and use decent gas. Jusy my rant for today.