Recent content by addyguy

Started getting new Mobil 1 Extended Performance jugs at work that are API SQ, and say ‘protects for 40,000km’ (25k miles). Sometimes, mileage ratings are lower on Canadian oils due to our colder climate; but Mobil 1 Extended Performance now has the same rating on both sides of the border. Just...

Very cool sighting! I have an ‘old car book’ from the 70’s that has lots of pics of rally’s-racing mini’s and Saabs like this one!

Get a brand-new Chevy Trax, and use the $8k towards the payments to lower them or hold them off for a bit. There are soooo many of them on the road up here, it is unreal, they must be not giving people problems. She is not mechanically knowledgeable; so something that will require nothing for a...

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Any 15W-40 HDEO should be good for it.

Mobil 1 0W-40 or Mobil 1 ESP 0W-30 would be great choices for that motor. VQ’s ‘seem’ to do best on thick 30-weights or thin 40-weights.

That might be a new product - I’ve seen GTX full synthetic in the grey bottle, and GTX High Mileage semi-synthetic in the dark green bottle; but never ‘GTX full synthetic High Mileage’ in that bottle. Interesting!

Castrol Magnatec 10W-40 would be a great choice as well. I think it’s fairly easy to get over there.

Thankfully, no!

Just gonna toss this out there…are we SURE the timing belt WASN’T done? Some do the work, and then decide they want something new, especially if they have $$; but they could have done the maintenance on time…

Had a 2010 for years. Bulletproof vehicle, gave us next to no problems. Sounds like a good deal.

If you aren’t having starting problems in the winter, I’d stick to the Mobil 1 High Mileage 5W -30. Maybe move up to the EP version of it if you want.

Just retired a G5 with 391,730km on it, engine ran perfect, ac blew ice cold…yeah, they develop issues, but for $2900 you will HAVE to do some work. Very reliable engine and trans; not great rust-resistance.

My buddy had one of the last-year 260hp turbo Cobalt SS…now THAT thing would fly!! The platform was not designed to go as fast as it could, so it got scary at the upper end on it, twitchy to say the least. My buddy traded it in on a used Corvette; the kid who bought his SS from the dealership...

Pablo, not criticizing, just curious: You said for years Amsoil wouldnt do a ‘high mileage’ oil; then they did one very late to the game, admitting it was a big market. Now ‘everyone’ has a ‘cleans pistons’ oil…will Amsoil follow suit? This reformulation would be the perfect opportunity to do...