Real Benefit of Synthetic Oil

'Crank crank' Engine starts[?]

Blubber Blubber (engine idling)[?]
Wait for half a minute
No VROOM! VROOM![?]
Only Blubber Blubber.[?]
Depress Clutch,(still Blubber Blubber)[?]
Release Clutch gradually Blubber..Pant...Blubber..Pant (that is engine with just a wee bit of accelerator),[?]
Murmur murmur (a bit more pressure on accelerator , say 1k on the Tach)[?]

LOL Joe you had me in splits here...

This is tricky. In India(especially dusty north, where I live), My opinion is a no for the oil filter.

The team-BHP forums suggests an oil change in 7K Kms (or 10K Kms at max).Although I think synthetic oil is better, I will probably stick to minerals as every 3-4 months( after 5Kkms) mineral give me opportunity to change oil/air filters & wash my GTX & 1.2.

If your car has run 50k kms, its not advisable to make a sudden shift to synthetic, the concept behind it being that the old engine gaskets cannot handle the slick oil and start leaking.Have not corroborated this, so take it with a pinch of salt, it was discussed some 3 years back in this forum when we were discussing oils.