Recent content by kballowe

We've owned mostly Fords for the past 40 years or so. Always had an F-150 or F-250, a Ranger or two, and Focus, Grand Marquis, Escape, Fusion. The kids ran Honda CIVICs, a Neon (junk) ,a Plymouth Spirit (also junk), a couple of Focus, and a Toyota Corolla. Mostly all bought brand new, and...

Our Honda rider went 20+ years on conventional Rotella 15W-40. Typical Honda overhead valve engine, air cooled, and no oil filter. What put it out of service was a catastrophic transmission failure. No oil usage, ever. We put that [censored] in all of our power equipment, and motorcycles.

85,xxx miles on a 2018 F-150 2.7L Ecoboost. Used mostly for light towing, dragging a trailer around the country with motorcycles. The oil gets changed when the oil life monitor is between 30% and 40% remaining. That's around 7,000 miles. It gets whatever 5W-30 "synthetic" is on sale...

Really, they all need to come up with sexy styling. Nothing currently in production talks to me. And, it's become political. Also, I find it hilarious that Elon Musk seemed to be the golden child of the electric vehicle faithful, until he came out as being somewhat conservative. I'm a...

What ? No cayenne pepper ?

In the winter, especially after a snow event. We have a Club car wash just down the road, and another one in the next town. They also spray the underneath. Otherwise, it's the local spray-your-own car wash, and then home for a hand wash.

Be kind. Move your stuff over. Alternatively, you could get your own survey - from a different company. Second opinion.

Meh. It's only for a few hours, and then it is going to warm up today. And, it's not just Missouri.

FRAM used to be the El Cheapo filter, but (in my mind) they've now priced themselves out of the market. I've taken to researching filters and cutting my oil filters open (after use) to have a look see. I have no issues with using the SuperTech filters.

There never was a Mobil .vs Castrol lawsuit. Mobil complained to the National Advertising Division of the Better Business Bureau about Castrol's use of the term "synthetic". https://bobistheoilguy.com/forums/threads/the-myth-of-the-mobil-1-v-castrol-lawsuit.73900/

It's been a while. We used to shoot clay targets. A lot. The Wife was the ladies skeet champion four years in a row at the local trap & skeet club. We were reloading 12ga shells for about $1.80/bx. We had a row of Mec 9000G reloaders on the bench for .410, 28, 20, and 12. Graf & Sons was...

What ? Nobody drinks zero sugar creme soda ? I can't find it in the stores.

Lots of great information. Thank you all.

Sheesh I'm old. One of my all time fav's was a 4-cyl stick-shift little truck. The problem is that any kind of truck is out of my budget - and then there's the fuel economy thing.

Oh, and no Madza Miatas. I have a hard time getting in and out of those !