The longer intervals are mostly to promote sales in that newer models
> require less maintainance.
In your uneducated opinion.
Oil still breaks down and gets dirty and
> new engines run hotter
What...the...f*ck? Yeah BMW installs a 400 deg T-stats now...
and are harder on the oil in them. You can
> change oil very little in a car and maybe get 100K out of it but it is
> what happens beyond 100K that shows how well your engine was
> maintained. I change every 3K or so, always have and always will and I
> have yet to wear out a engine or have to flush either and I have never
> had stuck ring problems either in over 35 years of driving.
Do you have a stockpile of 35 year old oil or something? Your knowledge of oil is clearly obsolete.
I have
> also run several vehicles well past 200K too and I have a few that are
> now 18 years old and older and still run great and use no oil between
Funny... I've seen more than enough vehicles with 3 times that mileage that use extended oil change intervals that I can make the same claims about.
changes (I do not have to add). You can change your oil at 5 or 7K if
> you want but not me and you are better off to change it often with
> cheaper oil than try to stretch it out with high dollar oil because
> they both still get dirty.
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> TheSnoFlake
Yeah Snoball recommends cheap oil with no silly "API donut".