Originally Posted by pete17c

so, even using the super 'spensive, $15 a quart oil (yeah, it's the same as a liter, or are you gonna tell me the shot glass difference matters?) you still have to rebuild it every 5k .. the point is the motor was built differently than that in our trucks .. even using the cheapest oil I could find I'm sure that I wouldn't have to re-build my truck motor every 5k ..

.. hell, the planes I fly still use leaded gas to aid lubrication, because without it they don't last either .. but that's because of the way they're built .. and as I said, I run full synthetic because of it's benefits ..
so, no, it's not the same idea