30,000 mile oil

[Rave Racer]

        No, I meant the 30,000 mile super oil.  Is it worth it for that?

----- Original Message -----
From: <quk at isham-research.freeserve.co.uk>
To: <Ravewar at home.com>; <quattro at audifans.com>
Sent: Wednesday, January 24, 2001 12:00 AM
Subject: Re: 30,000 mile oil


> >         Maybe for you, but I do it myself and use synthetic,
considerably
> > increasing the cost to over $50 Canadian for me.  I'm rounding an engine
> > swap in the next five years, or two if you drive as much as me.  If this
> > miracle oil lasts 30000 miles under normal conditions instead of the
5000
> > that mine does, then if I changed my oil with it every 10000 then I
could be
> > saving myself alot of hassle if it really does what it says.  Is it
worth
> > it?
>
> Synthetic is better than dino, but not by enough to justify this
> strategy (or indeed anything like it).  You'd be better off, if money
> is this tight, using a good dino for 5,000 miles rather than a
> synthetic for 10,000.
>
> --
>  Phil Payne
>  http://www.isham-research.freeserve.co.uk/quattro
>  Phone +44 7785 302803   Fax: +44 7785 309674
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