14 Years and 200k miles

Well she finally did it. We turned over 200,000 miles on the odometer. Just change the oil every 4k miles. Currently using Peak oil 10/40 with a big Microguard filter. I use to use 5 30 when the car was young. I also use to be very particular about type of oil. I mainly stuck with Castrol for the first 100k. Then I started buying whatever brand was on sale. I have mostly used Fram oil filters. But sometimes I buy whatever was on special.I read something online about Microguard being a better filter than the Fram and it is cheaper.   I have also switched between 2 different sizes of filter. There is the 2870 and then there is the 3569 filter. One filter  is bigger than the other.   Hence more filter area and fits just fine. They say the 1.8 liter turbo engine should use synthetic, but I have stuck to the old fashion oil and my car still runs just fine. I mainly stuck to the old oil to prove a point . At first i did not want to switch because Synthetic was so much more expensive. But now synthetic has really come down in price. But since I am already 200k into this experiment I figure I will stick it out to the end and keep using Dinosaur oil till the car dies. It does burn at least a quart of oil between every change. I think it burns less oil now that I switched to 10/40 but it is hard to tell. Also over the years i have had some oil leaks mainly from the oil cooler. Usually happens in winter time once that gasket gets cold and brittle then it starts leaking. So that messes up my measuring the amount of oil the car burns. hard to say how much is burned off and how much is leaked out. On all other maintenance I try to follow recommended intervals. Two things I highly recommend is changing out your radiator fluid and your brake fluid on a consistent basis.  Most people do not understand that those fluids do brake down and need to be changed.  I ended up selling this car in October 2017.  It had 225k miles on it and still running strong.