Recent content by cammyfive79

I'm told our dealer Service Dept uses it as the bulk fill for non-warranty work.

Any of the 3 VRP grades will work quite nicely for you.

Thanks Edy! I must admit, the only reason I *wanted* to like Castrol more is my fondness of GC back in the day and the new labels on the current stuff. :)

The Mazda is coming off of HPL in a couple of months as we have to do 6month intervals on it for warranty purposes and of all the cars I’ve probably owned this is the one I would never own outside of full warranty with the myriad of issues we’ve had. That’s a story for a different time though...

My last exposure to Castrol was in the early 2000s and the "German Castrol" we all knew and loved. Outside of boutiques and VRP (which I'm currently using for some clean up that may or may not be necessary), it seems M1 ESP 0W-30 is the current darling for punching above its class, great value...

That's what many are missing - a manual transmission rust free enthusiast-y wagon is going to appeal to buyers who are really looking just for that.....not just a random old used car. If I were the seller and had listed this car for the $7200 and you text me offering me literally half that...

Not having the pano sunroof is a blessing - they all leaked from plugged up drain holes inevitably. That gen Sportwagen is a solidly built car though the TDIs are the ones that command a premium on the pre-owned market. IIRC, the 2.5L 5 cylinder was fairly stout if a bit underpowered compared...

Some private equity group I believe. They swear nothing has/will change but feedback from users suggests otherwise.

I got heavily involved with Adam’s around 2010 when I got back into “high end” detailing about a 10 year absence and spent a lot of time working with and learned from one of their rep/professional detailers locally. The closet in our spare bedroom was packed with all of their gallon refills and...

Happy Independence Day! As the temps here in Middle Tennessee were expected to get into the mid-90s I started around 6:30am this morning doing a strip wash using Adams Polishes Strip Wash on my '14 Acura TSX. I bought the car 7 months ago and have no hand washed it myself until today. Our...

Great feedback! I’m debating using VRP as my forever oil in mine.

Ill miss this years as I’ve got 2 more OCIs of VRP on my TSX that should put me around the HPL Black Friday 2026 Sale. HPL 0W20 is being drained from my wife’s suv in a couple thousand miles and switching to ESP for the 6 month / 5k-ish intervals as our plan is to get rid of that vehicle in a...

They already have a nice 0W-30 Euro with some nice approvals. A Restore & Protect of this would be my forever oil. *Yes, yes, yes......I realize in my lowly car it won't make much difference but a VRP version of the Euro blend with 3.5 HTHS and those approvals would be awesome.

With how this product seems to have taken off, I really wonder if they are working on a Euro approved flavor; I certainly hope so!

I, too, am in your camp....sort of. I bought my Acura 6 months ago with very low miles so my thought with immediately going with VRP was cleaning out any piston deposits (doubt it had any, but figured it didn't hurt to use it) and sludge/varnish by the previous owner doing 7500-ish miles which...