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Originally Posted By: hattaresguy Tell me that study wasn't paid for by a couple oil companies. As long as you buy gas from a high volume station it will be fine. Doesn't matter what brand it is, or what you pay. And your basis is what....? There's plenty of automaker analysis that the EPA...

If one wasn't going to buy a JD LA or X, what is recommended and what engine? Zero turn included. Less than $3000.

Take a look at www.rustdepot.com This guy is in the area, and legitimate, but I know nothing about the product. He uses it to restore old British cars in upstate NY.

ExxonMobil has a big presence in Japan, working with Toyota and has worked with Honda in the past. ExxonMobil is affiliated with Tonen General and sells gasoline and oil under Tonen/General, Esso, and Mobil brands there. So they are another 'OEM' oil in Japan like ENEOS and Indemtsu. Shell...

Originally Posted By: JOD As far as "compromised" WRT viscosity, sure--there are always compromises. But the oil in almost all cars which are driven in normal duty cycles spends more time being too thick, not too thin. The mountains of data on average trip times support this fact. And cars are...

Originally Posted By: itguy08 Originally Posted By: ffracer The additives are what make it better or not. If you keep a car past 100k, the EPA minimum is not enough. Use a top tier or similar fuel (BP, Sunoco, Gulf, etc.). Or use dosed fuel additives like Technron or Redline with any fuel. If...

Originally Posted By: JOD Originally Posted By: OVERK1LL Your broad brush regarding thin oil is no more valid than Trav's regarding thick oil. It is ALL relative to application, not simply geographic location and compromises ARE made. Whether you are affected by those compromises or not is...

two cars: Mobil 1 5W-30 and then 0W-30 for most of their lives: 1987 Honda Accord LXi 2.0L EFI 5-speed manual: 305,000 mi sold it ran great when sold - rusted out 4000 mi OCI, Purolator Pure One filters: daily revving, track driving; 1995 Ford Ranger 2wd 2.3L 'Lima', 5-speed manual: 202,000...

Originally Posted By: tig1 Originally Posted By: ffracer Funny thing is he switched to Chevrolet in Indycar! Ford doesn't have an engine in Indycar. I know, but Penske switched to Chevrolet in Indycar first then announced the switch to Ford in NASCAR, after 1 year ago getting a deal with...

The Indycar race from Barber (Birmingham, AL) was great! Lots of passing and gritty driving. Not to often you see three wide in a corner on a road course.

Why would you need additives in a new car? It is clean. If you stray away from top tier later, then using a cleaner will help after 10,000 mi or so of non-Top Tier.

I got Bosch 3-gallon compressor and it is pretty good. Not as noisy as most compressors. The 4-gallon model is probably pretty good. there is a Makita Hot dog compressor for $200 that gets good reviews also for reliability and noise, but probably doesn't have the capacity.

Originally Posted By: ARCOgraphite Great full electric and excellent indie design for what it is on the renault platform. You want UUgly and "cheap" appearing, check out the MIEV Mitsu: I actually saw a transporter with a few of these on them going down the road. Some type of event, as the...

US GM cars in the late 70s and 80s were just pathetic for the most part. The build quality, driving "experience" and reliability was just a joke. Their claim to fame was (like their US competitors), "we're not as bad the other three". Big sloppy boats or cheap looking, poor handling, soft...

Three cars two I didn't own: 1978 Chevrolet Caprice wagon 305 V8/3-speed slush-o-matic 1984 Plymouth Turismo 2.2L 4cyl/5-speed manual Both were built and designed by people who really didn't have a clue or care. A car is made of many components, but can have design problems, but rarely is the...