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    Why not just run a Euro oil?

    I have been running Euro oils for many years myself. When the green version of German Castrol 0w30 was available I ran that in all of my family's cars. And on the second oil change with my Corvette I started running M1 ESP Formula 5w30 (and now the newer version, just called ESP) I like the...
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    Is buying Oil on Amazon safe?

    I think this topic has run it's course and gone off track now
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    New Amsoil SS 0w16

    Very likely, especially since the difference between a 0w16 and a 0w20 really isn't that far off and it wouldn't take much for a 16wt to thicken up slightly and become a 20wt. I've mentioned this a few times but M1 0w16 is only 0.6 cst lower at 100c than M1 0w20 (7.6 vs 8.2) In reality, most...
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    High mile 4.6 Ford - Ok to use heavier oil?

    It was at the very top end of the 30wt range though, and in my many UOAs running it in many different vehicles, it proved itself to start and finish at almost that exact same viscosity. So one could almost call it a thin 40wt, since it was right on that line (and we know that a lot of 0w40s will...
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    Francis Scott Key Bridge (Baltimore) hit by Cargo Ship and Collapsed

    Such a scary incident! I hope nobody lost their life but it seems very likely if 7 people are missing :cry: It's going to take years to rebuild this bridge and traffic there will be a nightmare
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    Long OCI

    I have a good amount of confidence in both of my oil life monitors. I have done UOAs with my Corvette that show the OLM is actually a bit conservative and the oil can go longer. Had the same experiences with the oil life monitors in my two previous Corvettes. And even though I haven't done a UOA...
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    Change oil low mileage

    Here is my take on situations like this. If you're only driving it 250 miles a year it almost doesn't matter what you do. Even if you never changed the oil again and the engine died within 10,000 miles, it would take 40 years for it to die.
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    Long OCI

    Makes sense! I'm planning on getting both of my cars to that milestone, and I feel my intervals are pretty safe (10k in the Civic and about 7k in the Corvette) especially since those intervals are a result of me following the oil life monitors in both cars.
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    Long OCI

    But I don't think modern oils really have too much of an issue with cleanliness, unless you left the oil in there for something crazy like 50,000 miles.
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    Post your latest oil purchase or even filter.

    I grabbed a 5 quart jug of M1 5w30 ESP from Canadian Tire on the weekend. It was on sale for $43.99 ($15 off) and then I also got $5 in Triangle bonus money, plus a mail in $10 rebate from Mobil.
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    Long OCI

    That's a good score! I'm going to take advantage of the current M1 sale at CT and get a jug of M1 ESP for $43.99, minus the $10 rebate and my Triangle Rewards kicks in another $5 savings for spending over $40. Those OCIs for my cars I quoted in miles, so I do about 16,000km in the Civic and...
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    Real estate as an investment

    Taxes were about $8000 a year and maintenance was nothing (brand new house, no repairs or maintenance needed) And you can't compare buying a house to investing 1.1 million in the stock market because we didn't have that amount of money in cash to invest in the first place. We had a down payment...
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    Real estate as an investment

    It might be different where you live but up here they are definitely good investments. As I mentioned earlier, my last house sold for 1.8 million in 2021, I bought it pre construction in 2016 for 1.1 million and moved into it in 2018. That's $700,000 in profit in a very short period of time. You...
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    Employment quiz- would you have gotten this sample question correct?

    Or just retire and get out of the rat race entirely :p
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    Synthetic oil question about length of time not miles

    That is started to change though, my C6 Corvette did not have a time factor so I could go two years and it would be around 10% oil life by then. But my C7 Corvette has a time factor so even if I didn't drive it at all the OLM would still count down to zero at the 12 month mark. A lot of guys who...
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