Originally Posted By: BrocLuno
See, there are AmsOil guys doing 50K changes (or more) and trying to get to 500,000. If I posted the question about AmsOil, I'll bet I get more responses ...
There is a HUGE M1 fan base, but it seems that the M1 customers are not folks who drive their vehicles into the sunset. I'll do a new upholstery job at 150K expecting to go to 300 in most of my stuff. But I suspect that the M1 users are not made that way ...
So all the M1 guys on here are touting their fav for what reason ... There is something psychological going on here ...
I have no numbers to prove or disprove what you're saying, maybe there is a large, loud contingent of M1 users trading in often.
My anecdotal evidence is different. I run primarily Mobil 1 and run my vehicles into the ground, with domestics that usually means 170K until major expensive failure (engine or transmission), with a Honda and Toyota now, not sure, hoping for 250K plus from each. Well, I did get about 260K from a domestic, but that was a while back.
My buddy runs Volvo's with Mobil 1, he buys nothing but M1 10w-30 and runs them 300K or so, when he's done they're done, not even the junkyard wants them.