Originally Posted By: fdcg27
Many of us, including me, would look to a better quality oil and filter solution, but one has to ask just how many fleet Impalas have gone 200K on e-core filters and bulk SM/SN oil.
I'd say that this Impala would be fine on the oil and OCI you suggest.
If we all (including me) could just understand, that the [slightly] lesser known oils, meet all the specs, and return very good UOAs, then we'd start to realize what a 'snake oil' advertising campaign were falling for. For example, if your car specs 87 octane gas, a lot of folks (we Americans who believe, more is better) would think 89 or 90+ octane, that yields the same gas mileage, is somehow better. In this case, we've just spent more money and gained nothing. Same with oil, if good oil will protect your car for 125,000 miles, then what have you gained by using expensive oil that also gets you 125,000 miles? If you have "enough" protection, then what does the extra protection get you? Of course, oil companies are playing on our not being able to do, or see, any side by side comparison/testing being done to quiet all the absurd advertising, so they market to the "best" protectioñ, and we eat it up.
Oil advertising is interesting isn't it?
