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    PP 5w-20 10k OCI

    I was too late to stop her, she igmored me when I told her to bring in, she just kept running the heck out of it. Six months later she had close to 10k 9,942 miles to be exact. My daughter has run this 2005 Civic on PP 5w-20 since new, only because I always buy it and change it mostly, first...
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    GC 0w-30 now at Pep boys

    I was at pep boys to check out the new Royal Purple oil filters, and while checking out the oil section, I noticed they now carry GC 0W-30, I was surprised, since Ive never seen it anywhere but Auto zone. Its $6.99 a qt. I know I need therapy.
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    Super Bowl Adds

    The Castrol Grease Monkeys were pretty good. Castrol grease monkeys at Hulu.com
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    Smoking a thanksgiving Turkey

    Has anybody done a smoked turkey, I just got a gas smoker, and I'm thinking of doing a turkey, probably a small not frozen type. Maybe a fresh 12lb turkey, any idea how much time and would it be too dry?
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    What smoker to get charcoal or electric?

    OK I'm debating on a smoker, I'm looking at a cheap one Gourmet smoker pictured bellow you know the one thats been around forever, Ive never owned this model. What I'm debating is electric vs charcoal, size isn't an issue, dint need anything big, and want it cheap within reason you get what you...
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    Where do you wish to be disposed of at?

    Recently i had to place my mom in a nursing home. Her and my dad purchased burial plots, my dad already has his in use, Had to set up the burial plot as irrevocable where you cant cash it out, thats the wishes of Medicaid. This whole thing got me thinking if I meet my untimely end, then my kids...
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    String trimmers what to buy?

    I'm looking at string trimmers, not sure about the brands at the depot and Lowe's. I know I don't want a Ryobi/Homelite Ryobi looks like better quality maybe made by the same outfit as Homelite. The old Homelites were better at starting my last one was very temperamental. Recently I purchased a...
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    PP 5w-20 in truck spec'd 5w-30 oil

    OK call me crazy. Here goes, I have Toyota 4.7L V8, I dumped the last fill 6 month old 4k mile 0w-30 German Castrol and installed 5w-20 PP I kept the Pure One over sized filter. Even though the GC was still fine, I just wanted to experiment. 5 qt jug of PP, plus one qt of 0w-30 GC for a total...
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    Toyota stops Tundra/sequoia production

    Toyota halts Tundra and Sequoia production At least for three months, could GM do the same or are they hog tied with union contracts.
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    Max life blend Too few miles?

    My sons 1993 Jeep 4.0L Cherokee has 58k miles, last fill I used Formula shell 10w-40 and a mopar filter. This time I got some Max life 10w-40 and a super tech filter, does it have too few miles for max life blend? I plan on going no more than 5k on the fill. I went with the super tech filter...
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    Mobil 1 0w-30

    Found a new oil to me anyway at Wally World, its Mobil 1 0w-30 never saw it before, is this new, has anyone used it?
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    Strange Brew, GC+M1+ #@%$#

    OK I may need to plea Insanity After running A blend of GC gold and green (before I knew there was a diff) on my 2002 Toyota Tundra V8 for 5k, the urge to change it was overwhelming, so I did. I switched from OEM oil filter to NAPA Gold over sized Ford filter #1516, I broke out the stash of...
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    I like changing oil early

    My vehicle gets very few miles, Its a 4.7L Tundra, I like changing oil. I know this sounds crazy, but I like wrenching on cars, probably because its not my everyday job, or I probably would get my fill of it, and I would feel different about it. Even though I'm using GC and have a two year oil...
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    Honda Brown ATF

    I have an 2005 Civic, I have 20k on it just checked all the fluids, I'm doing my own maintenance mainly because I like doing it, this thing isn't 2 years old yet, its my daughters car, she drives it hard from what I see only to school and her job, but she put on a lot of miles in a very short...
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    Firestone tire auto center

    My daughter has an 05 Civic ex has 20k on it, she took it to a Firestone auto center for an oil change for $16.99 they put a synthetic blend 10w-30, I checked the oil recently and was over filled and the oil is very thick, the web site for Firestone shows 10w-30 high mileage for the only blend...
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