SYNTHETIC OR REGULAR OIL? TELL ME

[sickpuppy1]

I watch the sales at Oreily Auto or the like. I use only Purolator ONE or Wix filters in all my cars. In my opinion, you dont gain much by going from conventional to synthetic oil. But going to a good filter will extend the life of your engine for sure. Do some research on filters and you'll find a dramatic difference in quality. Fram advertises alot but the stats dont back up their claims.
If you watch the sale ads like I do, I got Purolator ONE filter and Castrol Synblend oil for 16.95. I may end up getting enough to do a couple of changes at a time.

[TheSilkySmooth]

Originally Posted by sickpuppy1

..
If you watch the sale ads like I do, I got Purolator ONE filter and Castrol Synblend oil for 16.95. ...

If Castrol Syntec is not real synthetic what is in their Synblend?! Castrol is BP. Do you want to give British Petroleum your continued business?

[ctrj]

Buy some Amsoil Signature Series Oil 0W-30 and a Mobil 1 oil filter. Run 15k miles between oil changes and that oil and filter works out to be about $18 every 5k miles. Don't think your oil can last 15k miles, get it analysed and see. Running 5k miles on synthetic is wasting your money and time.

[Yaris Hilton]

My neighborhood oil change shop (where I get my Castrol GTX put in) and my neighborhood BP convenience store/gas station are run by local folks who don't deserve to pay the penalty for BP's mismanagement of their drill rig. I suppose I could get the oil change place to put in Valvoline or Pennzoil next time, though.

[sickpuppy1]

Originally Posted by TheSilkySmooth

If Castrol Syntec is not real synthetic what is in their Synblend?! Castrol is BP. Do you want to give British Petroleum your continued business?

I'm not arguing synth vs conventional in that statement, but rather that I feel a good filter would do better at longevity rather than oil, given a good change interval with either one. But as far as the statement about castrol being own by bp. I guess you wont use valvoline, quaker state either? since they are owned by Shell, which is based in the Netherlands and main offices in Great Britain!
And of course no Mobil 1 since they are actually ExxonMobil, you know, the Exxon Valdez debacle.
Pretty much all the oil giants are scum and get away with anything they can. I base my purchase of oil and filters off whats good for my car.