Originally Posted By: BeanCounter
Originally Posted By: gathermewool
Originally Posted By: BeanCounter
No disrespect intended about the above comment.
Don't get me wrong.
I think you're being too sensitive. I don't think any one would take offense to being called a no-nothing.
While Amsoil is a great product, and IS stocked on the shelves of a couple smaller, non-chain parts store shelves, it's just too expensive for me. I don't think I'd be comfortable going any longer than 10k OCI, which I can easily do on M1EP or Shell T6. I really don't know if Amsoil would provide better protection over those 10k miles, but for so much more I can't justify it.
What kind of driving do you see and how many miles a year are you driving?
The desire for a more expensive initial purchase is going to decrease as some of these factors remain small, but that still doesn't mean there isn't more protection there, it is just fractionally smaller than the opposite.
I figure that if there is one thing I need to go overkill on, it may as well be my oil. I can replace an axle shaft, wheel bearing, water pump, alternator, and so on and so forth. I, however, do not care to replace a motor before its time is due. (And for me, who retains his vehicles, that means as far down the road as humanly possible.)
Again, some driving habits and conditions don't call for as long of OCI's and such, so I won't argue too much.
I actually posted up asking whether it was worth paying so much more for a boutique oil I wasn't mentally prepared to run for longer than what I'm currently running in my STI. In other words, if UOA shows that I can run T6 out to 10kmi, and I'm not willing to run an oil like Amsoil or Redline out further, is it worth it? Is the RL/Amsoil protecting or providing any benefit over that OCI if the T6 holds up just fine? Like you, I dont plan to replace the motor, and am hoping to eek out 200k moreo on my STI and 100k more on my Leggy, but I'm not sure that can't be done doing what I'm doing. I am open to change, though.
What I'm doing:
97 Subaru Legacy (203kmi): This is my DD and winter driving car. I work 3.6 miles from home. I run errands a few days a week, and sometimes make longer, 50+ mile trips. In the winter I make most of my long distance trips - 1-1/2 hrs down to see the gf every other week + where ever else the wind takes me on a given weekend - in this car, so it does get plenty of highway miles. In the warmer months it's mainly a back-and-forth-to-work car, but will still see a few longer trips. FWIW, this will be my first time running the oil out to 10k on T6.
08 Subaru STI (19kmi): This is my nice-day, summer driving car. It mostly sees the highway, with spirited on-ramp jonts, and weekend days on the back roads. Overally I'd say it sees 80/20 highway. My last OCI was 4600 miles, this one will be 7500, and the next will be based UOA results. The results at 4600 - my first run on T6 - seemed to have a lot of life left.
Neither car burns any oil at all, though the Leggy did burn 1-1/2 qts when I first switched over from GTX HM to T6 over the first 1500 miles. I'm at 5000 miles now on this OCI, and haven't burned a drop since.
