My 2001 Civic LX manual transmission has almost 60k miles. I think the original engine oil was special because the dealership refused to change it until I had about 7500 miles. Then I changed the oil every 5000-6000 miles, I figured my driving is between normal (10k) and severe (5k). Anyway, I read here about synthetic, and while I am going to search and find more information about synthetic oil (benefits, cost, oil change frequency, drawbacks), I though to ask you guys if it is too late for this engine to switch to synthetic. if synthetic was all that great, why does not Honda use synthetic right from the beginning? just curious. thanks