Quote Originally Posted by Zef_66 View Post
Some may say I am old school. But I use what works for me. I drive 100 miles a day for work. And that is if I go straight to work, and straight home. In my engine, I use Valvoline 10W30 (sometimes 5W30 in the winter), and an AC Delco oil filter. This costs me less than $15 for an oil change. I change mine every 3k miles. And it runs perfect. No problems at all.

My thoughts on this is the 3800 is not prone to oil related failures. They are a strong engine, and for the driver who doesn't drive their car hard, regular, cheap oil from Wal-mart works fine as long as it is changed regularly. Now if I was racing my car. Or a show car that didn't get driven very often. Or driving in extreme temps, I might think about synthetic. But regular oil is fine in my book, and has shown time and time again to work perfectly fine in our cars.

Our cars have bigger problems to worry about than what engine oil.
Good point. I hear alot of people saying if the oil is changed regualry and at its proper time, it doesnt really matter what type you use. Im running Valvoline full sythenthic 5w30 right now fwiw.