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    2016 MB GL450 116.3k mi; HPL Supercar 5w-40, 10.2k mi

    Some here associate 10W with lower quality base stocks and/or on the positive side - less VM etc … Seems an EP or boutique gets around that … Have seen some really low Noack numbers on good 10W-30 …
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    Efficiency Info on the New Mobil 1 Filter

    Waaaayy back when Kenny B raced a Ford FC sponsored by Bud … I used to say it had the same number of Bud parts as Ford parts 😵‍💫
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    Difference between HDEO and PCEO?

    Yeah, he does/did some kind of one arm bandit testing for flat tappets - and not sure how he thinks that could apply to wet/shared sump use … I think one of the best tests was dandruff shampoo 😵‍💫
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    Difference between HDEO and PCEO?

    I don’t even know what his rant was about - but most likely flat tappet race engines.
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    Difference between HDEO and PCEO?

    Noack was always in this order Delvac Delo Rotella
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    Difference between HDEO and PCEO?

    Even this guy knows Bro tell a fella
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    My Random Thoughts on Keeping a Car Running for a while

    I do that and not just to let the vehicle warm slowly - I take a slower route and sip coffee - but most importantly I’m avoiding LH turns at a busy 50 mph intersection … Then it’s RH turns in a slower speed limit/less traffic area …
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    Tallest building in Oregon sold for pennies on the dollar.

    My son was getting gas when a local saw Texas plates and decided that was a reason to start a fight - quite confident of his size advantage … Enter all the money I spent - and his hard work in martial arts … Fortunately the CCTV filmed it - and the LEO’s were briefed by the store owner. He got...
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    Auto RX

    And I like knowing EC is either a 30 or 40 mono @ 20% …
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    Tallest building in Oregon sold for pennies on the dollar.

    Of course more and more of the ‘big boys’ have a secure campus - and that’s not just a CA thing …
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    Newer Dodge "Ram" trucks with Rust?

    Several silently went to aluminum - you’d be hard pressed to stick a magnet on my Jeep’s body. Chevy does “swing panels” in aluminum - doors, hood, tailgate/hatch - but wants a steel cage around the cab …
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    Newer Dodge "Ram" trucks with Rust?

    Before it left the lot 🙄
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    Best penetrating lubricant

    Wait for Toyota to mainstream 0W-2 and you’d have PO @ $5/quart 😷
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    Mileage remaining after fuel tank refill - Chevy Traverse

    Our Tahoe only varies about 20 miles in estimation when we fill up - albeit the ratio of town to highway is likely very similar …
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    Adventures to the Gulf Coast

    Have a friend from Massachusetts that retired in the Gulf Shores area - fortunately they could afford to build a fortress on the water - but they have been displaced twice by loss of utilities/services and a total mess from storms - and, so many things around them are not built like their place...
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    Are German cars safer than Japanese or American cars?

    Do you have good German car independent mechanics in your area? Counting on a dealership can be expensive without warranty …
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    3-Row SUV for Midlife Crisis

    If that’s like the trucks - there is a lockable compartment under that center seat … great idea - but it’s not well padded - so kids seat for sure …
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    F-150 payload and towing; within limits?

    Yeah, marine paints can be 12 ppg …
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    F-150 payload and towing; within limits?

    International Marine Coatings … eh?
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    3-Row SUV for Midlife Crisis

    Happy wife, happy life …
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