Originally Posted By: KevGuy
Are any of those filters really "inferior?" If you use each filter for what they are rated for, they are all good.
Well, this is a comment more on Canadian Tire than Fram. When I bought my G used from a non-Infiniti dealer, of course it had fresh oil and a fresh filter. I'm not the trusting type, and that's a good thing. It turns out that the dealer who sold the car to me (a Chrysler dealer) has no cross reference to the factory filter. So, they took the car across the street to Canadian Tire for the oil change. Not only did I get the hideous CT red can of death, I got an extra litre plus of oil in the sump that wasn't called for in the manual.
The dealer offered a lifetime engine warranty if I let them do all the service. I told them not in this lifetime. If it had the Fram Synthetic filter and a proper amount of oil, I'd have had far more faith in them.