Originally posted by dnewma04:
You should specify that significant differences in engine wear will only start to become evident at hundreds of thousands of miles.

Hard driving should be specified to be short trips that don't allow the engine to warm up fully. Not frequent trips to the engines redline, which even conventional oils won't have a particular problem with.



Ah, the resident expert! Please, pick this apart so I get my facts straight. I realize that synthetics are better at startup, thanks for clarification, I'll re-word that. Anything else that's off? I'd like to clean this up and get it stickied or included in the Maint. FAQs so it'a available for reference.

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