Originally Posted by Bster13
Originally Posted by 2015_PSD
Originally Posted by Bster13
Well, I hadn't consider 15k OCI given the possibility of dirt roads and cycling/idling the engine occasionally for A/C. I added a 15k OCI to the calculations, and going with 15k OCI with the high-end mobile extended oil and filter is certainly cheaper, but I'm unsure what my UOAs would look like and I'm not willing to pay, nor figure out how to receive the packaging to ship off oil while on the road.
Given that you need to know the health of the oil and considering the long term cost savings by extending your OCI (not to mention the convenience), stating that you do not want to pay for the UOA does not make economical sense. All of the UOA companies deliver results by email or via phone app, dropping the sample into the mail is a simple thing, and the cost of some of them are incredibly cheap ($9.60 @ Rock Auto -
https://www.rockauto.com/en/moreinfo.php?pk=577668&jsn=1374). The WIX kit at Rock Auto while the most basic will still tell you TBN, Viscosity, and all the things you need to use to make a decision to extend. Buy 3 of them before you start your "nomad life" and it will give you enough of a baseline to go forward and even when adding the cost of the UOA kits and return shipping ($45), you are still saving overall by going to 15K OCIs--even if you have to go somewhere to have it done.
I did not know the cost of the kits came down. I had them at thirty dollars a pop in my head. Thanks.
Even at $90 for 3, are you not still money ahead by going to 15K OCIs?