Recycled oil

Airstreamer67 wrote:

JaxDad wrote:

Airstreamer67 wrote:
If I ever damage an engine or shorten its life due to dino oil, then I'll get synthetic. But since I started driving in 1958, I've never experienced that.

So, I save the difference and continue to use dino. But I'm always open for change when the time comes.

In 1958 most cars still had drum brakes in all 4 corners, had no ABS, rode on bias-ply tires, had headlights that you could easily outrun, and had no airbags.

But you survived anyways. I presume your current vehicle cost a lot more than what you drove in 1958 and has all of those modern improvements?

Why? What we drove before was just fine, it did the job.

BTW, they've long ago proven that synthetic is a better, CHEAPER, oil than conventional oil is.

As I said, I'll change to synthetics if and when the dino oils quit serving my engines until the day I pass them on to the next owner. Never have I had an engine fail or wear out due to using dino oil.

So, I don't know who "proved" "long ago" that synthetic is better and cheaper, but my experience proves to me that dino gives me all I can use, and then some. And the stores I shop at are cheating somebody, because all the synthetics aren't cheaper at all, au contraire, they are charging quite a bit of a synthetic premium. And if you say that synthetics allow longer oil change intervals, you should tell the car makers that.

I assume that dino oil has seen improvements since I first began driving back in the 50s. All I know is they continue to serve me quite well, and the vast majority of the public seems to agree with me.

The devil lives in the details.

I said "cheaper" not "costs less per quart".

With a 9,000 to 12,000 mile change interval instead of 3,000 miles if synthetic is only double the price per quart it's a bargain.

So out of curiosity, DOES your vehicle have 4 wheel disc brakes, ABS, seat belts and air bags?