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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