FYI: Stop Changing Your Oil......environmental issue

[handmade34]

2. slow but...

I have noted car dealers and mechanics are starting to make note... when we picked up our car last year the dealer made a note to tell us approx every 6,000 or so

and then there is "CAR TALK"


"RAY: ...you may want to stay with the full synthetic. It's great stuff. It is more expensive. But because it lubricates so well and doesn't break down as quickly as conventional oil, you don't have to change your oil as often.

TOM:So that means we have fewer quarts of used oil to recycle or dispose of, fewer empty oil containers in our landfills and, not incidentally, less foreign oil we have to import.

RAY: And if you spend $40 on four quarts of synthetic and change it after 10,000 miles, or $20 on four quarts of a blend and change it every 5,000 miles, you end up spending the same amount -- on the oil. But you save money on the filter and what you pay Pokey Lube for the labor. And you can skip the tailpipe polishing they inevitably sell you once they've got your car up on the lift..."