Is Synthetic really worth it?

[AzBob_imp]

I may, just may have been silly there. Cast iron is the way to go.

No argument from me!

No argument from me!
And only a Lodge cast iron skillet. Anyone who uses anything else doesn't know anything about frying chicken...

Heh. If your cast iron pan says "Made in the USA" it's made by exactly one company. All cast iron pans made in the USA are made by the same company; they white-label their stuff for other manufacturers of kitchenware who feel they need cast iron items to be "complete." The stuff you learn on "How It's Made." :-)

And OF COURSE there's no other way to fry anything other than a cast iron skillet. Duh.

To the OP: if you're changing your oil at 2k miles, there's no real benefit synthetic can give you. Quality dino juice should perform on-par with synthetic oil at that change interval or less. Synthetic oil permits you to push past those limits as contaminants diffuse in the oil and break down its lubricating properties.