Hi, I'm glad that you did not
Hi, I'm glad that you did not shy away---yes, a lot of vitriolic trolling does occur too often. We try to moderate comments that are not helpful to anyone. That said, you are correct that my statement does not accurately reflect high-quality synthetic oils, but it was meant for a more general message and audience concerning whether you should let a service tech talk you into paying more for "their selection" of synthetic oil that I have real doubts about its quality and getting what you pay for...or, even some of the off-the-shelf stuff on sale at big box stores. That said, I will take your suggestion and look into the high quality motor oils and see what I can find regarding their actual processing and benefits in comparison to the less high quality oils. There should be some academic papers that make comparisons, but if funded by a particular company, the info may not be easily available. Thanks for the heads-up, hopefully I will have something in a week or so on this. BTW, do you have a recommended oil you use and can tell us why you chose it?