As with anything it depends on what you're after. If you're willing to do more frequent changes then good enough is indeed good enough. I like to extend the change intervals so my Jetta gets M1 5w40 now that Car Quest synthetic isn't available anymore. I was surprised that the Car Quest met the VW spec for that car but it did and it was cheap.The Golf gets LiquiMoly 4100 which meets the VW spec for that engine. There are no conventional oils that meet the spec and of the stuff you can buy at FLAPS only Valvoline does.Both cars get changed at 10,000 miles which is the VW spec in the US. The pickup gets Valvoline synthetic from the Valvoline quick change place down the road. That said it gets a weird little shudder at idle after about 5,000 miles. I'd wanted to do 8000 or more miles on a change but...I'm thinking to change the oil myself to Mobil 1 and see how it does. -Curt
On Tuesday, April 17, 2018, 1:18:22 PM EDT, OK Don via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: Despite Herr Booth's claims of drastically reduced timing chain wear (back in the day) with M1, I've switched to cheap oil based on "big data" analysis: https://www.blackstone-labs.com/Newsletters/Gas-Diesel/July-1-2017.php On Tue, Apr 17, 2018 at 9:32 AM, Dwight Giles via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Friend said that he got M1 yesterday for 22.xx at Dead Sam's plus 10.00 > online coupon. Going to check it our myself for the 300CD. > Dwight > > Dwight E. Giles Jr. > Wickford RI > > On Tue, Apr 17, 2018 at 8:56 AM, Meade Dillon via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > Not a bad deal, $4.50 / qt for 0w-40. > > > > A new Costco is going up just up the road from my place in Mt. Plastic, > so > > all those new apartment residences in south Mt. P can drive by my place > to > > get to the Costco in north Mt. P. We're getting a Home Despot as well, > > good times. Need a flying car pretty soon, or maybe I'll have to get > > around by boat. > > > > ------------- > > Max > > Charleston SC > > > > On Tue, Apr 17, 2018 at 8:29 AM, Floyd Thursby via Mercedes < > > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > > > This seems like a good price > > > > > > https://www.costco.com/CatalogSearch?dept=All&keyword=Mobil+ > > > 1+Synthetic+Motor+Oil&EMID=B2C_2018_0416_Bridgestone > > > > > > > > _______________________________________ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > -- OK Don *“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts.”* – Mark Twain "There are three kinds of men: The ones that learns by reading. The few who learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence for themselves." WILL ROGERS, *The Manly Wisdom of Will Rogers* 2013 F150, 18 mpg 2017 Subaru Legacy, 30 mpg 1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph! _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com