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Hello! I have been a very long time lurker (off and on through several years), and have bought a new Hyundai Veloster N! So far absolutely love the car and plan on driving the [censored] out of it. As soon as I got home of course I had to read through the owners manual and look at...

So, new car!!! Since I bought this car new today, I figured its a reasonable enough time to ask if anyone has experience with this car? Any recommended oils/weights that work better, and interval? Its been hard to find many UOAs so I wasn't sure if I just suck or if they are that rare. Still...

So, saw this at Walmart the other day and decided to give it a try. Haven't put it in my bike yet (2007 FZ6), but noticed nothing about this oil exists online. Is it just really new? I will have to test a UOA of it, but that probably won't come until later this year. Has anyone tried this...

So, been recently thinking about upgrading from my Yaris. Nothing really wrong with the car, but would like an upgrade after about 6 years with this car. Things like cruise and bluetooth would be nice. And more power. I'm open to other options as well, and experiences with any cars/related would...

So, I am most likely coming home with this bike today. One thing I want to do when I get it is change the oil/filter (it is close to the 7500 mile maint.) Does anyone have any recommendations? I was eyeing the Valvoline Syn 10W40 4-stroke oil. From my little research it seems that most people...

Hello all, I recently visited a NTB and while they rotated my tires, they took a Look at my brakes. I almost have 120,000 miles on my car with the factory brakes and they agreed they should be replaced. My only issue is that they wanted almost 1000 for new pads, rotors, and rear shoes and...

I'm contemplating trying M1 0w40 in my car this spring/summer/fall. It has the 1NZ-FE 1.5L engine originally spec'd for 5w30 and back spec'd to 5w20. I've tried several oils varying from synblends to synthetics, and have noticed that all Xw20 oils seem louder while driving on the highway. For my...

According to my owners manual, its time to get my coolant changed in my 2007 Toyota Yaris. My local dealer will change it for around $130, before taxes and whatever else they feel like adding on. I've heard that many dealers will just do a drain and fill, which for that price I have considered...

So, on the Walmart website, they have their dexos approved 5w30 synblend for $4.47, for a six pack? Does anybody know if this is a mistake? I ordered two of them for $9.64 with tax (about 80 cents per quart), which would be great as that's 3 oil changes for my car.

So I just got back from walmart, and happened to wander past the oil section. Ended up buying 6 of the 1 qt bottles of PU on clearance for $4 each, and also noticed something I've never seen in a Walmart before. They had 1 qt bottles of RP on the shelf for about $8.. Has anybody else seen RP at...

So, my car (in sig) was originally spec'd for 5w30, but has been backspec'd to 5w20. Figuring this was okay, I bought some PP 5w20, and it ran great. Since the 5qt jugs are much cheaper and my car takes 4 qts of oil, I ended up mixing 1 qt PP 5w20 with 3qts of M1 AFE 0w20. Well, my engine has...

So, after some thought, what causes an oil to be able to retain TBN longer for a longer drain? I hear lots of people say Valvoline isn't good for long drains because of its loss of TBN. But, wouldn't you sort of want an oil that depletes TBN sort of fast-ish? My reasoning behind this thinking is...

My question is, how good is the cleaning power of the full syn? I know it is similar to synpower, but have never used anything but maxlife in my car, but see no reason for it really. I have been experiencing a bit of a vvt-i tick noise in my 2007 toyota yaris, so I figured I would step down to a...

So when I drove to the dealership for some maintenance on my 2010 Genesis coupe, saw the beautiful new genesis, and of course, had to convince the dealership to let me test drive it. Initially, it felt just like the older version. Then, we got onto a highway ramp, I just had to let it go... I'm...

I've posted a couple times before, but still unsure on what to do since I've heard so many different options. I'm most likely gonna change the oil this weekend. I have a 2007 Toyota Yaris with the 1.5L engine, about 89k miles. I drive maybe 6-7k tops per year. 95% of all my trips are around the...

I've posted a couple times here before and read a lot, and im still unsure about my oci. My current fill is Maxlife (I'm not quite sure if I'm running the full syn or not since I went to a Valvoline instant change for it), but I think (not sure) its about time for an oil change. I'm just at the...

So, for my next oil change, I'm not quite sure what to use. I have a 2010 Hyundai Genesis Coupe 3.8 Track edition, and I don't race the car, but I'm not a granny driver by any means. What would any recommendations be? I currently have a fill of Durablend in there, just because it was cheap. Does...

So in the mail today, I received a coupon for an oil change at the dealership. It is $8.88 for the conventional or $38.88 for the synthetic 0w-.Would this be worth it, or am I just better off buying oil from Walmart and learning to change it myself? I drive about 5k a year so I'd probably want...

Well, its just about my 6 month maintenance time, and I was wondering which grade oil would be best. I will probably delay a tad and change my oil a few months after the 6 months since I haven't hit 5k miles yet. During the winter, which would give the best start up protection for weather...

So next time I change my oil, which may be some time this summer, I may just change it myself using Pennzoil Ultra or Platinum and a Toyota OEM filter. I am currently running on Maxlife 5w30 Full Synthetic, but doubt I'm going back to another Valvoline Instant Oil change due to outrageous...