Home Power Magazine (issue #69) just did an exhaustive article on Dino vs. Synth oil and came to the conclusion that in overall life cycle costs, that Synthetic was superior to dino in every respect -- especially on its overall effect on the planet.

As far as "fancy advertising" goes, Home Power goes on to say:

"Big oil makes big money on low-quality motor oils and short drain intervals. Big oil fiercely resists anything that affects or might affect its market."

'nuf said...

Cheers,

MJS

At 10:04 AM 3/7/99 -0800, David Marshall wrote:

>Persoanlly I think Synthetic oil is for rich people who get sucked in by

>fancy advertising!

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