Nobody here but it is being done as we speak all across the US in every make and model of vehicle. Also being done in labs in Japan, Detroit, Tennessee, South Korea and everywhere else they manufacture vehicles. My friend is a nut case and he bailed at 100K. I would be the unlucky one.
Yeah, it is and interesting idea - that today's motors are so well built and the tolerances are so close that you could basically run the motor it's entire life without an oil change.
I guess if I was a multi-millionaire I might give it a shot, but I ain't so I won't.
I had a similar discussion to this with an old co-worker of mine (not a mechanically inclined guy) and his theory was he buys the cheapest cars he can, the cheapest lawn mowers he can and runs them into to the ground and doesn't worry about oil changes.
So we started comparing notes and expenses. This was about 7 years ago.
My Honda lawn mower is (now) 21 years old, is in as new condition and I change it's oil once a year with Mobil1. It was expensive new - I have the receipt somewhere but it was like 4 times what a cheap mower cost.
He had killed 2 El-Cheapo lawnmowers and was on his 3rd. My Honda, still running like new even today.
I have experience with several Honda's owned by other people who totally and unequivocally abused them and unless you run them dry on oil they just won't die. Same for Toyota's. The old 22R? Not fast, but if you maintain that motor it will run forever. 3.4 in the third gen's? Same thing there. Mine had 115k when I traded it in and the damn thing used about a cup of oil if that between oil changes. Solid, solid motor.
So I guess it's one of those things that I'll never know for sure. My 2015 TE will get it's oils changes at what is probably way more than necessary intervals but since I only drive about 5K miles a year, we will all be dead by the time it has enough miles to prove or disprove this theory anyway. LOL
