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1999 Volvo S70: 268,500 miles so far. Gets the cheapest conventional 10W30 I can find. Lately it's been Harvest King. (Shes seen a LOT of Super Tech over the past two decades) Uses about 1 QT every 1500.

Speaking of, it's time to change the oil again this weekend!
 
Currently have 06 Malibu 4 cylinder with 230,000 miles and a 99 Caravan 3.3 ltr with 190,000 miles.
Usually use cheap conventional and occasionally a store brand synthetic. OCI of around 7,500 miles. I drive my cars easy but they do many short trips in the winter.
The only vehicles I've ever had that didn't make 150,000 miles were air cooled VW's from the sixties.
I've had many GM V8s , 3.3 litre Chrysler engines and a 3.6 GM V6 of late that just keep going.
 
Our 2010 Escape 2.5L has 197,000 on it.

First owner put 120k on it, service records show Motorcraft Syn Blend 5w20 every 5-6k Miles up until we purchased.

Since I've ran mostly QSUD 5w20 with a fill or two of PP 5w20 in there @ 5-7k intervals.

Engine is spotless under the valve cover.

Uses no measurable oil in an OCI.
 
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'11 Camry 2.5L 170K mi
'07 Corolla 1.8L 220K mi

Both vehicles doing 10K OCI currently using PUP.
Next year, will try to extend OCI further to 12.5K using either PPE 0w-40, M1 0w-40, or M1EP
Longer OCI means less oil changes and less car works.

Again, always Fram XG filter.
 
1993 F150 4.9L (300ci). Bought from original owner (friend) in 2003. Previous was Quaker State (he took it to quick lube shop). Since my ownership M1 HM 10w-30. Bought with 182k miles now at 252k miles.

2005 Ranger 3.0L. Bought new and used MC 5w-20 for about 2 years. After the first 2 years used M1 vanilla 5w-30. New 40 miles now at 88k miles.

1997 Dodge Ram Van 3.9L. Used to be owned by my employer and I used it daily as a work truck. My daughter picked it up in a trade and I traded my BMW 325 to her in 2010. I converted it into a camper van (she needed an economical car and I wanted a camper van). It will soon be going back to her in another trade (she needs it for her business). Original owners used quick lube places. Since my ownership, M1 HM 10w-30. I got it with 158k miles now at 179k miles.

2000 4Runner SR5 3.4L. Purchased from third owner in 2017. Carfax shows dealer and quick lube oil changes. Since my ownership a few flushes with SuperTech conv 5w-30 then M1 HM 10w-30. Wife's car, she needed a people hauler, so now I drive her Ranger. Purchased with 245k miles now at 255k miles. Best vehicle I have ever owned.

I have used M1 since it came out in the '70's. If you see my sig I'm giving SuperTech syn a try. So far very pleased. All vehicles get annual oil changes which range from 5k to under 2k with OEM filters. All vehicles use zero oil between changes.
 
Mothers 2010 Camry i4, about 190k mobile 1 full synthetic every time. During her ownership so far OCI has spanned from 7k-15k and consumes no oil between changes.
Before that it was a 94 Camry i4, this car was sold with 320k miles on whatever the cheapest oil in the store at the time was. This was mostly conventional and the OCI on that went anywhere from 3-8k. Only sold because a massive electrical short.
Personally, 03 Hyundai Tiburon 2.7 w 160k, Valvoline full synthetic 10w30 for 157k before me then castrol edge 5w40 currently and consumes no oil. I stick to a tight 5k OCI with my vehicles.
 
`06 Honda Odyssey EXL, 155,000 miles. Mostly hard short trip miles.

OCI 4000-8000

Anything from 0w-20, 5w-20 and 5w-30 mostly synthetics ranging from Napa, Valvoline, Pennzoil, Castrol, Amsoil, Redline (1x), Mobil 1. Ran the best/quietest on Amsoil SS 0w-20. Recorded highest fuel mileage ever with Redline (27mpg highway)

Under the valve cover through the fill hole does not look good. Deposits and varnish. This is the VCM motor and lots of short trips.

Was recently burning oil like crazy. 1 qt. per 700 miles or so. I think I fixed it... I ran of tank of fuel with BG44K fuels system treatment to decarbon rings, valves and combustion chamber, Changes the PCV valve (oem honda) and changed the oil and filter. Ran it 1000 miles, checked the oil and still full. I think I am good!

I expect oil usage to return to normal 1 qt. per. 2500 miles.
 
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2006 Tacoma 4-cylinder with 156,000 miles and runs like new. For the first 120k miles it got conventional 5w30 at 5k intervals, since then it's got Mobil 1 5w30 and 7500-mile intervals.
 
2005 Ford Explorer with 171,000 miles. Bought used last Xmas from a local Toyota dealer. Had 167,000 then. CarFax says previous owners used Valvoline oil change shops frequently. Drove it a short bit, then, switched to Pennzoil Platinum HM. Runs much smoother than the Valvoline did. No oil usage noticed. Getting ready for a Winter change soon.
 
Roughly 160k mi on a 1992 Oldsmobile cutlass Supreme. On XD-3 0W-30 since ~70k miles. Hasn't had an oil change since 100k miles. Body is getting ugly (but nothing a good body shop couldn't trivially fix), but powertrain is as good as ever and it absolutely smokes the EPA rated efficiency numbers with 32mpg on 300mi + trips going 65mph.
 
281k miles on my Nissan Altima VQ...

Bought it with only 39,990 miles on it...

19 different oils have been run it in.

It has seen everything from Pennzoil Ultra to Mobil Special and everything in between...

Quietest oils have been in no particular order... Mobil Super, Pennzoil Ultra, Havoline Pro DS, Cam2 Dexos1 Gen 2 synavex, and Havoline high mileage and Quaker State high mileage 5w30....

Still runs really good... Lots of highway cruising which is easy on the motor and transmission.... Original owner CVT fluid in the car still... No issues.
 
2 in my fleet past 150k. Toyota highlander 215k. supertec 10-30w its whole life. burns aprox 1 qt between 5000 mile changes. kia sorento `156k. 2003. leaks a quart from valve covers aprox every 500miles. changing valve cover gaskets is a 500$ job on this pos mitshibisi engine. rest of car is fantastic. I use dino 10-30w due to leak
 
This thread is so old that I'm wondering...have I already posted on it?

I had a 1999 Honda Accord, purchased new, kept it till 281,000 miles (wish I kept it till 300,000 but I just couldn't hang on any longer). 3,000 mile oil changes (on the dot) with whatever conventional oil I could get my hands on. Not sure if I ever used a "brand name" more than a couple times in all those changes. Usually Walmart Super Tech (way before that was socially acceptable). I work in the trade so I also used whatever house conventional 5w30 we were running. On more than one occasion I put five quarts of five different oils in it (pretty sure they were all different weights too). One time I put 2 quarts of 5w30, a quart of diesel oil, a quart of 0w20, a half quart of tranny fluid and a can of PB Blaster. Thing was still running pretty darn good when I sold it. Tranny fluid was changed every 15,000-20,000 miles (original tranmssion with ZERO issues). Coolant changed every 30,000 miles.

It was starting to burn some oil towards the end...probably didn't help that I was running 0w20 Synthetic at the time because that's what I had laying around (a few cases), but honestly the engine was just done at that point (was using oil at any weight). Great car, but I just couldn't do my 80 mile daily commute in it anymore...the thought of breaking down on the side of a highway when it's 20 degrees out changes things.
 
Latest update on my high-mileage cars:

01 Dodge Ram at 568k miles on OCI's averaging ~24k miles. Some up to 37k. Have run VPBC, M1 TDT, RT6, Wolf's Head 15w40, VMLD, and Mobil Delvac 1300 in it. Most often RT6.
02 Chevy Camaro Z28 at 274k miles on OCI's ranging from 4 to 22k miles. Always on full synthetics since new, M1 of various flavors, Redline, GC, PU. Engine uses a quart in 1400 miles now, so I have downgraded it to VML syn blend.
 
2000 Subie, 2.5L SOHC, 4EAT, LSDs , 400,000km
2002 Acura, 2.0L DOHC, 5Spd, 380,000km
1998 Suzuki, 1.3L, SOHC, 5Spd, 350,000km
1994 Suzuki, 1.0L SOHC, 5Spd, 260,000km
 
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