RW> TW>> You might want to try a 5-30 FULL Synthetic oil. It should fill up   
   RW> TW>> the hydraulic lifters faster and reduce the cold startup noise. I   
   RW> TW>> personnaly woudl not recomend using a 5-XX non synthetic oil unless   
   RW> TW>> the weather is really cold   
      
   RW> MH> I have never used synthetic oil in my car before, only the Harley.   
      
   RW>High performance Chevrolets (Corvette and Camaro) come with Mobil One in   
   RW>the crankcase. Plus they use a synthetic transmission fluid in the 6spds   
   RW>and a synthetic rear end lube. ATF is synthetic these days too.   
      
      
   I got 287,000 miles on the wifes 1993 Subaru using regular oil with   
   7,000 mile change interval. I was shooting for 300,000 but she(the Wife)   
   got very noisy when the antomatic trnsmission started arbituraly   
   shifting in and out of fourth speed.   
   She is now driving a 2010 Lease Returned Subaru.   
   I haven't bougth a New car since 1963 and for many years selected my   
   cars form the Consumer Reoorts WORST USED CAR list because they were   
   cheaper. I also selected only 50,000 mil;es or more cars and they al   
   served me very well.   
      
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