Re: New owner - first questions

still just me wrote:

> Aaron Hsu <arcfide@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> 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?

It's called capitalism. I never fail to be amazed how Americans dislike
it.

I expect the raw materials for synthetics are oil derived as many
chemicals are.

Graham