that the thing though, most if not all engine oils out there are not %100 synthetic after castrol had a court case about synthetics. mobil 1's synthetic motor oil is nothing but a blend and niether is castrol. even if it says its full synthetic, you got to be a fool to think its actually full synthetic. the only real full synthetic i heard is royal purple and ams oils but im not %100 percent if they are or not.. too expensive for me. and i change every 5000km because castrol apparently has an additive that suspends deposits into the oil. and im not gonna have that floating around for more than 5000km.and not %100 of the oil goes through the oil filter, some go past the cotton ending on the top and bottom of the filter. and the oil takes this route when the filter elemnt is full and oil can no longer pass it. even if its spring loaded. you can run castrol edge syntec and you would kno how black it gets when you reach 5000km. but then again your right, you can go on and on on the same oil and not need to change it... i just wanna makes sure my engine lasts. you can use the worst oil u can get at canadian tire and still be ok with the right oil change intervals