hmm, interesting take. Yea it's more money upfront but I would rather go longer intervals than constantly change oil at a lube express place, good info.
I also looked up a video to change my oil to maybe save some money and do it myself and you are not joking about the 25k miles? it was mentioned in this video. And these dudes in the video look like they know their stuff...
check out that white camaro, looks awesome, wonder if that is a body kit, my camaro doesn't look like that!
No, not joking. I went like 24,xxx miles when I changed it. The first time, I didn't even bother reading the bottle. I did the first oil change at 5,000 miles. Then when I ordered it the 2nd time, I started reading the bottle. I was so pissed off that I changed the oil so early the first time. I was using it in a delivery vehicle that I was driving almost 1,000 miles per week. I did the oil change myself and I bought two oil filters the next time around. Back then, they didn't make those 15,000 and 25,000 mile oil filters. I think I used a few Hastings or Mann filters back then. After I changed the filter, I had to top off with maybe 1/2 quart where I lost it from the filter. ZERO problems. Seeing the extra MPG MORE than paid for the oil changes. The fuel economy boost was pretty much like getting a rebate at the pump. In the Z28 automatic that I had, I was
lucky to ever hit 350~ miles per tank. I did a straight highway trip and ended up getting almost 425 miles one time driving that thing on fumes. That is totally UNHEARD OF for a Z28 auto to ever get that much out of a tank. I still had the stock rear-end. I remember when I had an older 4th gen Z28 6-speed manual, I took out the 3.42 gear and put in a 4.10. That thing was a blast out of the hole after I did that. Normally when you put a lower ring and pinion in, your gas mileage suffers from the extra RPM. At the time I changed the gear, I switched to Amsoil. I saw 0 loss in fuel economy. I guess the Amsoil nulled out the fuel loss, so where I lost MPG from the lower ring and pinion, I gained it with Amsoil. I put in their 75W90 gear lube. That stuff is good for 100,000 miles I think as long as you're not towing. I have to read up on it. I wasn't towing with the Camaro anyway. I've heard many Camaro's have a whining noise at highway speeds because lots of people never change the dif fluid. HUGE mistake. Changing out that ring and pinion is a royal pain in the ass. That took us nearly all day to change it. You need a press and all kinds of crap. It didn't go in right the first time, and made noise. We had to take it all apart again and start over. You need the right tools to dial it in. What fun that was.
Anyway, once you start doing these long oil changes, you start to get spoiled. I see these YouTube videos where people didn't change the oil and they have all of this sludge. Instead of using those cheap oils or synthetics from the dealer not designed for the longer intervals, had these used this, the inside of the valve cover would still look new inside. My friend ran Amsoil in his Dodge Durango V8 since it was new. At 115,000 miles we had to change some part behind the motor that required taking off the valve cover to get access to the part. I was like WOW when I saw in the inside. That was the first time I ever saw what an engine looked like up close that had over 100,000 miles on it using Amsoil. That was nearly 10 years ago. Today that truck is now 22 years old and still RUNS LIKE NEW all this time! He gave it to his daughter to tow their horse trailers. He makes sure that she still uses that oil. He does all of the oil changes for her. She lives 350 miles away from him. He was like the best testimonial I've ever see using this oil long term. It's a real shame all of the cops and taxi's don't start their cars on this oil when brand new. They could easily get 1,000,000 miles out of them. The cops could save the taxpayers A FORTUNE since the cars would last way longer than they do now. It's much cheaper to replace starters, water pumps, alternators and air condition compressors than it is to replace the entire car itself. Why pay $30k+ to replace a vehicle when all you had to do was pay $2-5k to maintain the one you have already? You can keep a car for a lifetime doing this.
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