I would be curious to know how many of you are surprised at the the % of end-users who extend oil drains beyond 10,001 miles ? I'm a little surprised since synthetics as a whole have less than 10% of the total market; wonder if this forum has more informed users than the average consumer.

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Assuming that you are talking about the poll that is on these message boards, I wonder how many of them just don't get around to changing their oil and let it go past 10K.

Seriously, I've read the Noria motor oil book it probably has a lot to do with it. Dr. Fitch describes how to extend oil changes safely.

Jeff

Yep, the Poll on here is what I was referring to. I'll bet you're correct about those who just drive and drive and could really care less about the maintenance or performance of their autos; it's pretty amazing just how many folks really don't want better performance or so they say.

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Keep in mind, only 43 people have responded to the poll. That would leave 9 people at saying they have an interval of 10,000 miles or more. I am one of those 9. 122 miles one way to work. 244 miles per day, 239 of which are at 75mph on the freeway. Hopefully the other 8 are also performing oil analysis in order to ensure they can safely run on this type of interval.
Kevin- I'd also hope that you are correct about this forum having more informed users than the average consumer. As long as people continue to provide quality information in this forum, hopefully the average consumer will be more informed BECAUSE of this forum.
I'd like to see more people vote on this topic so there is a better feel of what everyone does.

Hello MSpurlock ! I agree that more folks should use oil analysis if they are using extended oil drains; it would be nice to see a little more participation on the survey.

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