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LTVibe, I would add to looking at the Federal Reserve to look at Congress. Congress is fueling the inflation by massive deficit spending. Congress is responsible for our monetary system. They love inflation because it is a stealth tax. With sound money, they would have to raise tax rates to...

Trvlr500, thank you for improving on what I said about the Federal Reserve. We are being loaded up with the debt. So the gains of this crazy credit system (in the words of Steven Keen, the Roving Cavaliers of Credit) go to the few while it works. When it blows up, the losses are passed on the...

Right now, if you are in the big money finance world, capital is free. The Federal Reserve sets the short term rate at zero. On top of this, the Federal Reserve is quantitatively easing (money printing). So sure the speculators are taking risks and driving up the prices of stocks and commodities...

I scanned the last few pages of posts. Please consider that the measuring stick you are using to mesaure the price of oil, the Dollar, is changing in length all the time. I am going to give you a different take. Our entire system (political and financial) is a boom bust fraudulent system. This...

I can tell you that come winter, the wailing and nashing of teeth is going to be about heating bills. Not just home heating oil, but the high cost of natural gas. Everywhere in the media they talk about oil because the consumer sees the price of gasoline everyday. Wait till winter. I am in...

Originally Posted By: Ken42 Hyundai, Kia, Mitsubishi SPF-III only at the dealers. Some say the Amsoil SLF works good but if under warranty use at your own risk. They are known to deny a warranty if you sneeze wrong. Ken Thanks for the Mitshubishi dealer tip. I would use SP III for peace of...

Originally Posted By: bmwtechguy Where you gettin Maxlife synthetic 5W-40? I've never seen it but recently heard here that it is available in Europe. The only Valvoline 5W-40 I have seen is the Synpower with the Euro specs. My mistake bmwtechguy. You are correct. Maxlife is available only in...

I had a 2000 Beetle for about 50,000 miles. It had a 2.0 engine of the same vintage as your friends (engine code AZA ?). I always used synthetic oil. That engine consumed oil from the beginning; it used about 1 quart per 3k miles when I used 5W-30 and it used less oil (about 1 quart per 4.5k...

esmitty82, I bought some QS 4x4 full synthetic 10W-30 at autozone for $2.95 per quart. I think they are discontinuing some products and are clearing them out. You got a better deal than I did. My experience on over hearing the motor oil advice given by most of the people that work at the big...

toyotatundranator, how much did the Mobil 1 0W40 cost you in Hawaii? How many miles a year do you drive the truck? How much would a name brand 5W30 or 10W30 conventional oil cost you in your area? The info you supply (if you decide to supply) will probably suggest that for a low mileage driver...

Duso02, you didn't mention in your list what I feel is the biggest drawback to DRL which I feel is that is makes motorcyclists, cyclists and pedestrians less safe. I read somewhere that motorcyclists are going to lobby for allowing their headlamp to flash on and off to make up for the fact that...

I changed my mind and decided to leave the lights in the Auto position in case I forget to turn them on. Since part of the instrument cluster on my car is always backlit, this removes one of the main visual cues for me to manually turn on the lights; a dark and difficult to read instrument...

brianl703, thanks for the donsbulb.com halogen cycle post. I have an 03 MB E320 which has low beam DRLs that can be activated/inactivated by the user (me) changing the lighting settings on the car. These DRLs are not blinding, but I have had to replace an H7 low beam bulb at least once a year. I...

As far as I'm concerned, it is not expensive enough. I took a 360 mile round trip drive this weekend and set the cruise control at 72 mph (which I believe will translate into true 70 mph for the car I was in). I only passed a handful of cars. Most people are driving between 75-85 quite a few...

No one has mentioned that a redesigned C-class (W204) is already out in Europe and will be coming soon to the US market to replace the current W203 C-class. Check out the W204 board at mbworld.org to see pictures.

For the one year interval, MB in the US recommends Mobil 1 0W-40. So 8 quarts at the current approx price $7/qt is $56. I bet the dealer charges somewhere close to $30 for the filter. You can order the Mann oil filter online for about $18 plus shipping. It is a "fleece" filter made of some type...

In January, I changed the oil in my sister's 06 325i. I put the car on ramps and drained the oil. It took me a while to loosen the plastic canister on top of the engine with a strap wrench. Next time, I will get the correct canister socket which will be a while since I will let the filter be...

We have an 03 E320 with about 70,000 miles now. I did a UOA a while back which you can search for. You will see that the oil holds up well. I don't know how much oil the crankcase in your engine holds, but it probably is something like 8 quarts. If this is going to bother you, then do an oil...

You are right Joel. But I believe that there is an indirect effect in that the dealerships don't have to extract as much profit from the new car sale which helps the manufacturer sell more cars. The dealerships clean up especially on the sale of their off-lease cars and the 2-4 year old traded...

I agree with Stooge; first owner (3 to 4 year lease). BMW's maintenance program is a sales tool to help move the off-lease cars at a better price. Second owner from year 3 or 4 to year 7 0r 8. Dumps car when starts having "problems" or at year seven and buys another off-lease car. Third owner...