My father has owned the same car for the past 31 years! He bought his 1972 Gran Torino Sport brand new and has babied it since. He simply believed in regular oil changes with a quality name filters. He also disregarded Ford's advice to change the filter every other change. It was good advice that he gave many years ago teaching me the car basics. Now I am the one who repairs his cars.
I learned to change oil from my dad. He was a "car nut," and that's where I got it from. My earliest memories of doing anything with him was working on the car. The two filters I always remember him using were Champ and Wix. We lived in Florida, and he always used Havoline 30 wt, year round. About the time of the Arab oil embargo, Havoline became harder and harder to find, and he switched to Kendall 20w40.
