can you explain the diffrence in oil regular or synthetic also is there a high milage oil thanks david

Natalie called about having damaged her dad's car while he was out of town. You thought honesty was the best solution. But the direct answer to her question would have been to tell her that her local high shool vocational auto body shop could repair the car at very low cost, with students working under supervision, and should do a suitably good job on that age vehicle. Then there was Thais. I'd nominate her for Stump the Chumps. From her description I thought that her problem was like an old Caravan I had where the tranny would not engage until the engine was revved up quite high, thus resulting in the formula one starts she described. Even a sticking throttle would not create starts with that ferocity. She did later say that the throttle was sticking, but that would not rule out a tranny problem, and you never even suggested that. The Caravan quit a few minutes after I stopped at a tranny shop and asked about it, and he didn't think it was anything to get concerned about. I had to have it towed, and buy another vehicle. Thais needs to have it checked out if that is similar to her problem.