Originally Posted by champagnevelvet
Just made the 600 plus miles ride to atlana at thanksgiving and will be heading back for two weeks at xmas and new year's. Driving 10 hrs straight going there and then again back (two weeks later). Is that not too much hard driving on the engine?
Otherwise driving car about 50 miles total during the week (to and from work in stop and go traffic --6 spd manual limited).
That 600 miles is MUCH easier on the engine than the 50 miles of stop and go stuff. It also extends the time between changes. Most of my driving is high mileage/highway driving and I get close to 10K miles before the FSS indicates service.
All the dads, granddads, uncles, etc. were preached to by the oil companies to change their oil every 3K. Do you now need an explanation as to why....or where it got us???? I don't think so. You must change your way of thinking. Synthetic oil and highway miles are the best things going for an engine....and our environment.