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Doctor Evil wrote:
Well, if anyone was thrashing a car before this they should expect it
to fail in a big way, if it was using 'running in' oil. As should
anyone who thrashes a car before the oil is up to temperature even
*after* it's run in.

That is what the company car drivers do. That is what the point was.
Duh!!!

Then all company cars would need replacement engines, etc, early in their
lives. Before the warranty ran out. Which would stop makers selling to
fleets hat heavily discounted prices, as they'd loose money.

I've got even less time than those with no mechanical sympathy than
those who think that pouring in a tin of heavily advertised expensive
****e makes their engine or gearbox last forever. Because they're
fools. Like IMM, who believes every advert.

I never said pour in "****e", whatever that is. I said use fully
synthetic oils as all the sensible people here have all said. Read what
I write regarding the oil research lab. They told and showed me all
about it.

They 'told' you? Methinks you're even more off with the fairies than usual.

Please keep using cheap lousy oil, as you need too. Be my guest and
please use the cheapest oil you can find, the very cheapest of the
cheapest, and leave it in for 30,000 miles. You need to do this, you
really do. This I'm sure will give you great satisfaction.

Synthetic oils only have an advantage in that they allow longer service
intervals with normal cars. Your post suggested they stopped wear in
abused engines at extremely low milages - so low the cars would still be
within warranty.

Please make up your mind.

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Dave Plowman London SW
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