Full Synthetic at 10,000 Miles

Which ones are you guys using? The extended performance version or the regular full synthetic one?

Planning to pick this up from Walmart for my next oil change. Been using dino oil but going to switch over after reading this thread. I'm at 22K.

After I do the "free" oil changes (next 18 months), then I'll probably switch over. No real reason other than being able to extend the time frame between changes...Usually can get a real good price on the stuff, so may as well.

As for actual intervals, I don't go strictly by mileage but rather how the oil looks and smells when I check it. Should get into the habit of checking regularly *just in case* there is ever an issue losing some, but one of those things I seem to put off.

Usually I'll make a little reminder sticker though using my label machine, with 3 mo/3k for reg. oil or 5 mo/5k for synthetic, so that way it makes me check the condition and put it into my mind that it may be time soon.

3 mo/3k miles is more of a marketing ploy and probably held more truth when the oils didn't have the additives they do now. It's just a shame they lost the zinc (bad for cat. converters) although you can get it still on the $$$ stuff...

On my turbo though, it gets changed every 2k or so and using full synthetic, plus I let it cool down (idle) for a minute before shutting down...the bearings still looked pretty new when I took it apart, so good insurance there in that case.