Hi Keith, My first car was an old 59 Beetle (Bug) and yes Keith, I think we are older than the 'parents' of most of the people in these B forums and I glad they still let us post considering our ages! But the oils are a lot better now but not "that" good(23,000 kms between changes,I don't think so). You do pay too much for oil( and everything else unfortunately). I do still think Mobil 1 full synthetic is the best that's locally available and as the MB dealer uses it on there better models. It's 27$ CAD for a 4.4 liter jug at our super stores when on special. For oil, we really have it good. Cheers, Derek
ps: we've both been driving for 40 years!