[SuGamer]

quote:Originally posted by crazyjoe

You mean the Schedule B which is for SEVERE usage? I hardly think the way most people drive their GTs is SEVERE usage.

Do you have any FACTS to back up your assertion that you should just dump money into your car above and beyond what the manufacturer recommends? I drove several Chrysler turbo cars on dino oil and FRAM oil filters well into the 200,000 mile range without replacing anything but normal maintenance parts (timing belt, brakes, etc).

Telling people to spend money needlessly on their car simply because they spent a lot up front is just plain silly. It's like trying to get people to buy those worthless $100 set of MONSTER cables for thier stereo system. $8 of speaker wire will work just fine, spending the extra $92 dollars just makes you look foolish.

You want to buy quality oil and filters, I applaud you. But telling people to change it every 3,000 miles when the manufacturer recommends 5,000 miles with inferior products? ....

From the owners manual (This is what DC considers severe driving):

Schedule "B":
Follow this schedule if you usually operate your vehicle under one or more of the following conditions. Change the brake fluid if the vehicle is usually operated under the conditions marked with an *.

Day or night temperatures are below 32F. Yup, especially this winter.

Stop and go driving. Of course, I live in a traffic filled city.

Entensive engine idling. Ocassionally, when I leave someone in the car with the heat or air on until I come back.

Driving in dusty conditions. Nope.

Short trips of less than 10 miles. Actually 3/4 of all my driving.

More than 50% of your driving is at sustained high speeds during hot weather, above 90F. Done that quite a few times.

Trailer towing.* Nope.

Taxi, police, or delivery service (commercial service). Nope

So of course I follow schedule B, whether I have synthetic or not and use what I feel is the best filter. The difference in the price is not because of the name, but because of the quality of it. I think Fram is more well known among the average person than K&N. And K&N oil filters are harder to find. The only autostore chain that sells it around me is Autozone, and they are not close. I can bet that most of the GT owners on this forum operate their GT's under one of more conditions on DC's schedule B list. These are the facts straight from DC itself. Oh and by the way, $8 speaker wire is crap and oxidizes alot faster. While I would not buy the $100 Monster Cable, it definately is ten times better than the $8 junk.