Recent content by comiczoner

I get about 25 mpg here, driving pretty much just on the highway at 60mph. It seems to be higher since I got my oil changed, though, so we'll see. Also, I guess I should mention that mine is an automatic.

For real. You know, this is really something they should teach kids to do in school, at some point or another.

The problem wasn't the oil that was at wal-mart, so much as the service I was getting. They've done everything from incorrectly balancing my tires (using a technique which I *think* is called "counter-balancing"), not checking headlights (which I didn't care about, but they said that they had)...

So a lot of you guys are running dino oil, then? I thought synthetic was just better oil.

Thanks for your suggestions! So I take it that I don't really have to follow my manual's recommended weight all that much, then? After doing a lot of reading, I decided on a Purolator Pure One oil filter. Still not sure what oil I'll go with. I'll take any responses I get into consideration...

Yeah, I'm pretty happy with the engine, and the car overall (it's my first car, and I've had it for almost 5 years). I just recently started learning how to realy take care of it, though (I was good about getting it serviced regularly... at Wal-Mart, unfortunately). Within the last couple of...

I've only tried a few (Eagle-One, Mugeuire's, Mothers, and something else that I honestly can't remember. Mothers was by far the best (as was the Mothers chrome cleaner spray) that I have used on my wheels.

Hello, Sorry for my first post being a topic like this, but I'm about ready for an oil change, and I wanted to know what you guys would recommend for my engine (I'm assuming that matters a bit). Also, I live in the eastern part of Tennessee.... temperatures usually range from 15 degrees...