Synthetic oils?

Whose uses full/blend synthetic oil in their cars?
What brand do your use, and how has it affected the performance/upkeep of your car?

Thanks,

K-

Mobil 1 all the way.....and the car runs smooth with alot less of those little noises that the Nissan motors are notorious for,,especially in the SR20DE motor.....

works great for cold weather starting too.

Originally posted by lockemiester
works great for cold weather starting too. I can agree with that..I live in Rhode Island and it's pretty cold here as well...

Mobil 1 in my SR20DE.

I used to use Castrol Syntec, but then I did some research on it.

The base for syntec is a cracked petrochemical, so it's not truly a synthetic oil. The base for it is 1/3 cheaper than the base for Mobil 1, yet they charge the same price for it!

So I figured, if I'm paying synthetic price, I want a true synthetic.

At over 200,000 kms, my car now burns a little oil, and it seems to burn less with Mobil 1.

However, the protection properties are good. When I changed out my cams, there was less wear on the cam lobes at 180,000 kms than on a friend's 1998 SE-R with 40,000 kms.

Either oil is fine. Both are better than non-synthetic.