First of all, I own a 2000 Toyota Camry with 276,000 miles on it....that I've owned since 210,000 miles....been a great car for me...running mostly 5 to 6k oil change intervals using the Monro shops usual deal of $19.99 plus free tire rotation($27 or so with fees and taxes) for their Valvoline Premium Conventional Motor Oil....5w-30.....and topping off with either Supertech high mileage or Mobil Super High Mileage....as my car burns and/or leaks about 1.5 quarts every 3,000 miles.
Yesterday the Monro deal was $9.99 ($16.88 with their fees and taxes) as it was last time out. Typically I run the full 5 to 6k mile intervals on their yellow generic filter.....but this time I immediately took the yellow one off and added the $9 Fram Ultra. I'm thinking of trying to go 7 to 10k miles without an oil change on that filter, just topping off until the next oil change......then on my next oil change, use the yellow generic filter i just took off after 3 or 4 k miles and run that oil change for 6 to 8k miles on 2 of the yellow generic filters back to back.
My thinking is that the fram ultra is intended for a 10 to 15 k interval, so I should be good going 7k to 10k miles on conventional/blend with the top offs.....and not pushing the no name filters out to 5 to 6k miles each will be better on that run as well.
Yesterday the Monro deal was $9.99 ($16.88 with their fees and taxes) as it was last time out. Typically I run the full 5 to 6k mile intervals on their yellow generic filter.....but this time I immediately took the yellow one off and added the $9 Fram Ultra. I'm thinking of trying to go 7 to 10k miles without an oil change on that filter, just topping off until the next oil change......then on my next oil change, use the yellow generic filter i just took off after 3 or 4 k miles and run that oil change for 6 to 8k miles on 2 of the yellow generic filters back to back.
My thinking is that the fram ultra is intended for a 10 to 15 k interval, so I should be good going 7k to 10k miles on conventional/blend with the top offs.....and not pushing the no name filters out to 5 to 6k miles each will be better on that run as well.