US Government spent $2.3 million on this survey; you therefore should take it seriously
Executive Summary
Vehicle survivability and vehicle miles traveled (VMT) schedules for passenger cars and
light trucks were developed from 1977 to 2002 registration and 2001 mileage survey
data. Compared to similar projections made in 1995, we found that passenger cars are
lasting longer whereas light trucks are not lasting as long. However, both are being
driven slightly farther than previous schedules had indicated.
In this analysis, vehicle age was cut off for passenger cars and light trucks when the
Estimated Survival Rate reached an approximately two percent threshold. Thus, the
lifetime VMT of passenger cars was extended to 25 years to arrive at 152,137 miles; and
the lifetime VMT of light trucks was extended to 36 years to arrive at 179,954 miles.
Previous lifetime VMT estimates were 126,665 for passenger cars (20 years) and 153,698
(25 years) for light trucks. Discount factors are also updated in this analysis and
summarized below along with the lifetime mileage.
Lifetime Lifetime Weighted Present Discount Factor
Mileage 3% 7% 10%
Passenger Car 152,137 0.8304 0.6700 0.5824
Light Truck 179,954 0.8022 0.6303 0.5419
These updated schedules should be used to assess the effects of proposed fuel economy
and safety standards.
We have no problem with people using SynLube in any MECHANICALLY SOUND, application that has no preexisting problems.
Our Warranty for NEW application is 15 years or 150,000 miles - compare that to the longest warranty offered by KIA or HYUNDAI which is only 10 years or 100,000 miles - if you use SynLube in any NEW vehicle the warranty is the LONGEST AVAILABLE at any price and it is FREE - just try to buy FORD, GM, HONDA or any other OEM extended warranty that is 15 years or 150,000 miles and they will laugh you out of the Dealership !!!
We simple inform all potential customers that indicate to have a clunker or high mileage vehicle that our WARRANTY is not valid for any application that is 10 years form date of manufacture or over 100,000 odometer miles!
Oil industry defines as 75,000 to be HIGH MILEAGE – check the labels on all OILS for “older” vehicles !!
US Congress defines clunkers – something that NEEDS TO BE taken out of service as vehicle that is older than 9 years but newer than 25 years.
Since there are less than 2% of vehicle that are 25 years old in service even EPA and DOT and US Customs let you import anything even if it is not to US Emissions or Safety standards, without any restriction, since 26 + year vehicle still running anywhere in the world (except CUBA) is basically unheard of….
WE CAN NOT AFFORD to fix JUNKERS for people for FREE. The 10 year or 100,000 miles limit was established by our underwriter (insurance company in California) only after they had ZERO claims under our prevous policy that was in effect from 1985 to 1996 and was then limited to 5 years or 50,000 miles.
OUR GUARANTEE - refund any time for any used SynLube still applies n matter what mileage we just got back SynLube form Mercedes-Benz with 160,000 miles on the Lube and 345,000 on the car, the owner is junking it as it needs $3,500 in repairs (Air Conditioning) and he lives in Phoenix and does not care to suffer through another Summer without A/C.
Vehicle longevity is well proven statistically, but still today people refuse to just look as simple facts like sealed transmissions with no dipsticks, no fuel filters, etc.
If Replacing $2,500 fuel tank like one of our BMW customers just did in a Z is something you like to do every 65,000 miles that is your privilege, to me that is IDIOTICAL BMW design that could be corrected with $10 BOSCH FUEL FILTER that has been used on EFI YUGO 20 YEARS AGO!
$2,500 versus $10 ?
And you are complaining about investing $30 per Liter into SynLube and get your money back when you are done with it, But then being GUGED by BMW when you become UNDESIRABLE BMW owner - more than 5 years or 50,000 miles (or is it now 40,000 miles) and all the FREE maintenance ends and you are on your own, if you do not get another NEW BMW (or MINI) the Germans think of you as "TRASH" !!!
PS: 0.7866% of vehicle on the road have less than 100,000 miles on them
200,000 miles is so rare that so far in all of USA only 96 people responded to request of pictures of the car+person and the ODO.
Similar previous request for 300,000 + vehicles only got 16 verifiable responses.
And there are almost 300,000,000 vehicles in USA and 14 to 16 million get junked annually...
You internet search wizzards should know all this by now as well.........
Or does your search engine refuse to provide true and verifiable data ???