[Mr 5 0]

Apparently the thread remained open - must have been a glitch.

As I close this thread (hopefully for the last time) let me add this note, as forum moderator.

VENOMIZED:

When you post on a thread and begin it by telling people they 'need a good school lesson' you insult our intelligence and you've just killed all chances you may have had at (a) convincing anyone of your point, and (b) being taken seriously.

For the record; we all know synthetic oil is superior to 'conventional, petroleum-based oil but it's also more expensive. Much more. Your preference for Amsoil is interesting but your attempt to force your choices on other people with a haughty 'I know best' attitude is destined for failure.

If someone wishes to spend the money to use synthetic oil but change it at 3,000 miles, that's their choice and none of our business - yours or mine.

If others, like me, choose to use conventional oil and change it (and filter) every 2,000 miles, that's my business.

Pushing books for sale on the internet and trying to claim one brand of oil is the 'best' (a subjective analysis for the most part) is not appreciated here and will be met with healthy scepticism. When name-calling is employed to push your point, as you engaged in, you'll be challenged, probably insulted and the end result will be that the thread will have to be closed.

You've wasted our time for the most part.

Think it through the next time you decide to 'educate' strangers on the internet and try using a more reasoned approach that doesn't begin by 'giving us a school lesson' about oil - or anything else.

A simple statement of what you've learned about oil, what you think about types of oil and what you prefer - and why, would suffice. Skip the ads for some book and snide comments on why anyone who doesn't have it is somehow not worthy of discussing the subject of oil.

We are. Maybe you are, too, but your choice to adopt a patronizing and ultimately insulting attitude on this thread ruined any chance you ever had of making your points. Too bad.

Take it as a school lesson you need to learn.