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To: gg cox who wrote (70619)	10/15/2008 2:51:05 PM
From: Maurice Winn	1 Recommendation Respond to of 74559

Yes GG, keeping fluids in good condition, free from nasty abrasiv e contaminants is a very good move. Metallurgy has improved a lot way along with everything else, so the 1000 mile oil change is a distant memory. Oil also had to be topped up on a daily basis for the trucks and vans I used to drive. Cars could go between refueling without checking engine oil, but top ups at service stations was part of the service. It's not so much the synthetic lubricants as the engine designs which have led to the improvement in oil and engine life. I'd rather use a cheaper oil and change it more frequently than an expensive one which is more oxidation, thermal cracking and polymerisation resistant but which spends more time in the engine collecting micro abrasive particles. When I was Technical Services Manager of BP Oil, and we made good of money selling synthetics [oil companies don't obsess about oil - they sell what makes money, including groceries, coffee etc], synthetics didn't seem value for money to me but some people like to pay money and feel sporty and upmarket. As you say, having more money changes perspective. As I got more money, it was very difficult to change my attitude to money. You can take the boy out of Mangere, but you can't take Mangere out of the boy. But I was able to get myself to buy a new Camry and spoil myself. I test drove Lexus and Jaguar but couldn't bring myself to toss in another $50,000 over and above the $50,000 for the Camry. Instead, I gave it to Globalstar and they spent it on bung Gilbert connectors and useless marketing. I could have been swanking around in a Lexus and kept the rest of the money too. Regarding Canada and salt, I used to think it was General Motors and Ford paying for the salt spreading equipment, staff and the salaries of those deciding to put salt on the road. Buy plastic vehicles would have made more sense in Canada. They would rust in a couple of years. Meanwhile, more market fun today. QCOM down to buy range again. Mqurice