Re: New owner - first questions

On Sun, 16 Mar 2008 16:55:07 -0500, Aaron Hsu <arcfide@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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wrote:

>I think they tend to either not believe it or just think they are
>different. Many of them don't even see the color of the oil when they
>service the vehicle, so they wouldn't realize the condition it is in
>when they change it. If they did, they might feel better.

First, you can't tell anything about oil by the color or feel, except
perhaps that it's brand new when it's translucent. After that, color
is not im****tant. 

The only thing that matters with oil is the condition and containment
level. If you want to follow some people who follow contaminant levels
in some oils very closely over time (lab tests), check out
http://bobistheoilguy.com.
Some folks there do have remarkably good
experience with long term use of synthetics, although most change
filters every 5K or so. 

But, those people also test their oil and watch it. Me, I figure it's
pretty cheap insurance to change it every 5K and just not worry about
it. I sleep better at night knowing there's nice clean oil in there at
all times.  

As a footnote... anyone wonder why the price of synthetic oil
continues to rise while dino oil rises? There's no petroleum in
Mobil-1, but it still goes up. It couldn't be the oil companies
screwing us, could it?