thomastan

Billy, i'm a car fanatic ... i go thru so many cars. My best car is the 1995 Supra.. I was an idiot for selling that car...

check out my baby on youtube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_svPsphbr0

vietdeluxx

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Wow.. that car is FASSSST!!!

thomastan

Check this out....i sold the car to him right before the first movie Fast and Furious came out...he later sold and made prob $40K on top of that to the kid that wreck it.

thomastan

I felt like i was the one that kill my baby after i sold it...here is the reason why...

My EXgirlfriend always told me " why don't you marry that Black B*tch" i should have listen to her...at least the car gave me a better ride

vietdeluxx

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Ouch!!!

Funny about the EXgirlfriend part though.. haha.

MrG4Life

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That's the brand they put in because I request for it when go for an oil change.

I use conventional for spring and summer and switch back to synthetic during winter.

I8ABMR

I personally go the first 15k miles on conventional oil then I switch the synthetic. Es[ecially with the extra hot summers in AZ I need all of the viscosity and breakdown protection as I can . Bottom line is synthetics will always give you better resesitance to heat and inernal engine wear.

steviej

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total myth. you can flip flop back and forth all you want.

steviej.

I use synthetic for one main reason. It gets pretty cold hear in the winter and synthetic stays more fluid than conventional at low temperatures thus reducing engine wear on cold starts.

Ryeno

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Honestly i dont think driving a car in arizona would impact the oil temperature. Once the car is warmed up its gonna be hotter then then outside air temperature.

The only time i could see synthetic oil helping you is if your driving a 1000hp supra or something. Normal cars just dont need synthetic oil.

It's really ironic too, because for people like us who change our oil regularly (or even on a schedule) synthetic oil has like zero benefits. Synthetic oil is better for people who dont do regular maintenance.

Skip

Synthetic oil is a waste of money on 99.9% of street cars. You will never drive a Lexus hard enough to reap any benefits from it. In extreme cold it does flow better.

If you had a supercharged or turboed car at high boost levels with extreme loads placed on everything, it would probably be a good idea to use a full synthetic oil. Towing a large trailer places high loads on parts and synthetic is great for that application.

I know two people that drove over 450,000 miles on an original engine and never even took the heads off. A 460 Ford Ranchero and a 350 Chevy Silverado and both ran regular oil.

If it makes you feel beter, use it, but I doubt that you will seen any benefits from it.

steviej

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here we go again......synthetic vs conventional........less filling vs taste great.

shut this thread down fast as we got too many of the great debate threads.