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I realized today that I have been on BITOG for 10 years (September 26th). It all began with buying a new 2010 Ford FX4 and searching for “the best oil” (none of us have done that have we?). Though I had a bit of knowledge, I have acquired so much more over the course of my being here. Folks like Jim Allen, DNewton3, Overkill, Molakule, WWillson, Shannow, Garak, BDCardinal, Astro14, and so many more that my memory fails to recall have been very gracious with the sharing of data and patient answering the myriad of questions that I and countless others have asked and (re)asked through the years—so many thanks gents for all that you have done.
A few highlights that I recall over that time (in no particular order):
A few highlights that I recall over that time (in no particular order):
- Purolator going from the darling filter of BITOG to what any FRAM was when I joined
- Green Castrol becoming liquid gold as it was phased out
- The rise and fall of G-Oil and Valvoline NextGen
- The FRAM Ultra becoming the “go to” filter for a good majority of people and for some it was in direct conflict to what they always knew about FRAM
- Dawn dishwashing liquid and/or Prell shampoo is more than adequate to pass a 4 ball or 1 arm bandit test, but does not work very well in an ICE
- ATF is frequently used as a cleaning oil, yet is has no additives whatsoever and those for/against frequently have spirited conversations around that point
- No oil is too thin or too thick and whichever camp you are in, you have a prepared doctrine of why the chosen one is better (or worse)
- The Castrol “lawsuit” over the definition of what constitutes a synthetic is vaporware, but frequently invoked when a discussion starts about “real synthetics"
- No one on BITOG (with rare exception) runs motor oil long enough to satisfy Group A or short enough to satisfy Group B and Group C sits on the sidelines with popcorn to watch the event
- The word Lucas typically results in lines being drawn in the sand and swords being sharpened
- Trolls never die, they are simply resurrected with new handles—though they can be a solid source of entertainment
- Snake oil comes in many colors and packages, though it is never identified as such until a statement like “I used x and it cleaned x in x miles”
- Viscosity changes or moving from conventional to synthetic typically results in an MPG increase of at least 30%
