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Either is fine. I use EP for 12-15K OCI on a PI NA engine. For our DI NA engine, we change it every 6K. That way we don't have to buy 2 kinds of oil. For the warranty period, I would use the OCI recommended by Honda.

We bought the General Altimax 365. So far a pretty good performer. They are supposed to be excellent in snow, and good in wet and dry. You can definitely tell the low rolling resistance, it doesn't slow down all that much when coasting compared to the OEM tires.

We've narrowed our search between the Altimax 365AW and Bridgestone Weatherpeak, but I am leaning toward the Altimax since it has better ice ratings. The Bridgestone web site, which may or may not be trustworthy, seems to to indicate that that ice performance is not as good. It's either give up...

Our other Outback has General RT43's and Xice Snows. We travel south on shorter trips (< 1 week) during the winter to Georgia, S. Carolina, etc. where temps are in the 60's and 70's sometimes. We have used all seasons in the past but didn't like their winter performance, although we've never...

I am looking at 2 options for a '23 Subaru Outback. We live in Northern Michigan, drive entirely on roads, and get a fair amount of snow (100"/yr) and a limited amount of ice. We travel south a few times per year and Michigan temps vary a lot during the spring and fall so we are considering...

We replace the OEM tires just before winter. They are always terrible. Regular tires we replace at 5/32.

An ideal high mileage vehicle would be single owner, not too old, mostly highway mileage, with good maintenance records. Age eventually kills everything. I've seen Honda Odyssey's go for 500K+. You want the salesman's car who covered hundreds of miles a day, or someone with an exceptionally long...

A college friend drove his new Chevy Cavalier 65,000 mi before the engine finally seized. This was in 1990, and the oils are a lot better now. He claimed he didn't know that he had to change the oil (!) He didn't change the tires either.

OP, please define 'high highway speeds'? 80? 85? 90?

Mobil 1 has never not delivered their rebates, so that's what I buy, usually M1EP.

I also have a late 2013 MBP, and I ordered an M1Max, 16", 64Gb Macbook pro model. I only use a few windows programs and even browsing is getting slow with the older unit. Edits take awhile with Photoshop and the battery life is under 2 hrs now. There are a few options to run windows. a) Use...

Despite some reliability issues (at least compared to Toyota) , we are going to get another Subaru Outback in a year or two (after the redesign) with the regular 2.5 engine. I'm hoping the redesign fixes the infotainment issues. The NA engine gets 4 mpg better and I don't see the need for a...

We bought a set of Xice Snow last fall for both cars last fall and they were excellent all winter. The winter was pretty mild (50" snow) with only a few deep snow days but handling was indistinguishable from our all season tires (Subaru with H rated RT43) . They were mushier compared to the V...

What oil were you using? We have a similar usage pattern.

We have an '13 FB25 engine. We drive around 250mi 1x per week, and 30-50 mi 2x per week. The other driving is local - 2-10 miles, with an 80% highway, 20% city mix. According to Subaru, the oil consumption issues on the '13 2.5 were related to defective rings, and the FB25 does not have head...

Using M1EP 0w-20 with Fram Ultra. The 12K warranty on a short block replacement is up. So far the oil consumption is around 1/4 qt in 7500 miles. We take weekly of highway trips of 30-250 miles so I doubt that fuel dilution is an issue. Not a GDI engine. Mobil claims 15K (old) and 20K(new)...

Thanks to all. I'm going to have the dealer change it at 120K. Seems more than I can handle in my sloped driveway.

Now at 115K, and run 80% highway at 75-80 mph. Subaru claims that the fluid is 'lifetime', and even the dealer says not to change it(!). This seems to be a bad idea at this mileage. Would changing it do more harm than good? Opinions?

RT43's are a great tire for your average family car or crossover. Since the price increased we just paid a little more and gone to upper end Conti's, like the purecontact LS, which were actually a little cheaper per mile after rebates (rare on Generals) and because of their longer life . Next...

X-ice snow has better handling characteristics on dry pavement, and wears a little better. For Indy I'd look at an all weather tire like the CrossClimate 2. The CC2 is like an excellent all season combined with an average (but not top line) snow tire. Indy gets a lot of slush and rain, and there...