Recent content by poison

Well, I do have a friend who works at Toyota as a service advisor. Maybe I'll hit him up for some of this stuff...or just stick to PP.

Google says TGMO is Toyota Genuine Motor Oil. Toyota got a super-secret source or something?

Coming from a Subaru background, I'm programmed to recoil at the thought of Mobil1.

It's that time again: someone whipped a U-turn into my 2002 Protege5, totalling it. I bought a super-clean 2010 Mazda3, and I'm wondering what 0-20 oil you guys recommend now.

What? I haven't been here in a few years, and this is what greets me? RIP, Gary. Oh, [censored]? I actually had a PM from him in my inbox, from 2009, unopened. Dammit ****. Just an Amsoil price sheet, but still...

I wouldn't mind spending more for a yearly OCI, like I said $60 and I'm in, but $80...nah, I can do 7k on any good synth in this car, i'm pretty sure.

Ah. I guess it'll be PP or Redline or whatever i have available locally. Too bad.

I looked at that, but it was $9 shipping + $5 tax, for an $80 oil change. $10/quart? Cool. $17 filter? OK. But adding $15 tax and shipping to a $60 oil change? Pass.

Anyone know an Amsoil dealer in West Los Angeles?

Whoa, nice! Hope I can get to 200k miles.

Ah, sounds good. Thank you! I will check out those amsoil products, too.

I tend to drive hard; I live in socal, where winters are mild and summers are brutal; I do lots of stop and go driving. I came from a subaru, where 5-30 is recommended for the impreza in the US, but a 40w or higher is recommended by subaru for the same car in other locales. It has to do with...

Thanks, guys. I ran the clean oil the car came with out to 3k, ran the autorx with chevron 5-30, then just put in my rinse phase chevron 10-30 for another 2500 or so. Can't hurt! I am thinking about running either rotella synth 5-40, or possibly the amsoil extended drain oil and filter...

I looked closely, and I hope the AAA inspection would catch it. It's a CA car, but spent some time in Reno. Looks OK though.

Oh, [censored], manual, of course! It's low on power, with 130 ponies or so, and that sounds like [censored] with an auto. More fun to wring low-hp engines with a manual. :D The auto in these cars isn't very well made, anyway, I hear. It handles VERY well, better than my modified Subaru...