Funny thing is, I realized this past year that I am officially closer to 30 than I am to 20... Not saying I'm "old", but it made me realize that time is indeed marching onward...

 

Time is a fire that burns uncontrollably within us all.

Sieze the day.

 

new arena deal my be announced today...or tomorrow...im hoping today though

 

Did i get the first post on the 100th page?

EDIT: nope guess not, but now its closer

 

nope...i might have

it depends on how many posts per page you have it set to also

 

45 pages here

 

^^you got the first on page 100 here

 

still on 45 as well. blah

 

45 pages FTW. 5 posts till 2000 for me. W007.

 

postwhore much?

I think a celebratory thread in the lounge is called for!

 

Thats a dollar right there.

 

So.. it WON'T hurt to switch back to conventional oil after one cycle of using synthetic, right?

 

shouldnt hurt to switch back

 

I've heard both sides... some say once you go synthetic, the rest is pathetic...lol

Seriously... some say you can, others say you SHOULDN'T.

What does the resident car engineers have to say on this?? I don't know why you WOULD change back if you put it in.

 

I switched mainly as an experiment to see if it was 'worth it'. I have noticed no gains in mileage or power since switching; the car runs exactly as it did on conventional. I figure with the miles I'll be putting on and the frequency with which I'll be doing oil changes, it really isn't worth the extra cost of the synthetic.

My manual calls for conventional and I think that as long as I change it regularly (which I do- every 3K) then the conventional should be OK. I just wanted to see what all they hype was about.

 

Well your engine isnt high and mighty enough to benefit from it ..ooooo zing burn lol j/k

But seriously the nice thing about synthetic is you can go longer on an oil change and it really does have greater protection. I know when the oil comes out of the RL every 9k miles or so it is still very slick...if you handle used conventional oil then used synthetic you can feel the synthetic is slipperier and stay that way for a longer cycle. Synthetic last longers meaning less changes overall thereby reducing ur cost...ya my oil change runs me like 50 if i do it myself but i do it every 9k compared to every 3 AND i have excellent protection thru all those miles. Cost is about break even but its less maintenance and better protection. I'd say just keep running it..you can get 5qts of mobil 1 at walmart for like 19 bucks or less...saturn gave me a bunch of free oil changes from the tranny fiasco

Dan

 

I get that reminder from Brian's "nephew" all the damn time. Thanks, Wes.

And depending on who you spend that time with you might experience burning for a totally different reason...

Pssssssht...68 posts till 5k for me...newb.

Only a ricer puts synthetic oil in hoping for significant pow@r gains...c'mon Mike, we know you're car's slow, but we didn't know you thought you drove a Honda...

 

Psshh... you've got a 10 month head start on me. I'll catch up.

 

Funny you'd say that... I damn near bought a Civic before I got the Cobalt. The more I read about problems with these cars, the more I wish I'd bought that Honduh!

 

SOOOOO funny....

Anyway... Dan ( RL ) is right... you may not see any "performance gains" from running synthetic vs. conventional... but they put it in Vettes, Vipers, Porsches for a reason.

The Synthetic stands up to more heat, and doesn't break down. As long as the oil doesn't look "dirty", you're golden.

With these cars ( the SS's ) they run Mobil 1 from the get go, and I go between 5-6K between them... still doing it every 8 weeks or so, and they're $72 a pop @ the dealer.

With you wanting the car to be here for the rapture, I would think you'd want to make that motor last as long as in-humanly possible.

 

...when you go to work and come home with a $15k/year raise...yeah, pretty damn happy right now...

 

do yourself a favor and buy the oil on your way to the dealer. it will save you about 30 bucks. my first dealer oil change was 76 bucks because they charge close to 9 per qt. you can get it at advance or walmart for around 5

congratulations!!

 

I heard alot of guys going synthetic in the 2.4. This a reasonable idea? I have no problem spending the extra bucks...

 

Eh... we'll see. I'm not attached to it; I'd just like to see what life is like without a car payment for a while! Anyway, everybody knows you don't buy GM if you want a car that lasts forever... that's what imports are for!

Alicia, congrats on the raise!!

 

Hey, you RL Forum guys....

Have you seen / heard on there about some guys that are trying to get in on a group by for some Rota Wheels????

If you see it, let me know... I might be interested.