Originally Posted By: CATERHAM
Originally Posted By: PurplePride
Originally Posted By: Patman
Originally Posted By: CATERHAM
20wt oils are hear to stay and are anything but a "fad". In fact we may soon start seeing the 0W-10 grade. It is already the factory fill on many cars imported from Japan and may even be the factory fill of the OP's Hyundai.
I like the idea of an engine that is designed to run on a 0w10 oil as that would definitely allow for the oil to have a super low viscosity of under 30 cst at 40c, which I think would greatly reduce engine wear for people that do a lot of short trips in colder weather (like my wife does)
Which begs the question - why haven't "they" made an oil specifically for short-trip drivers? Seems a lot of folks fit this mold.
Could be a great marketing opportunity, as well as one to improve the life of those cars.
They have PurplePride, and you're now running it in your car.
The Toyota and Honda spec' 0W-20 grade low vis' high VI oils were made specifically to address the lubrication challenges of the part-time engines in hybrid applications. Nothing could be better suited for the short-trip drivers.
BUT - they need to market it as such! It would make a KILLING! I think so anyway.
I drive 90+% of my miles >10 miles, so it's a not a problem here, but I know lots of folks that do short trips 90% of the time.
I see a hole here that they could fill simply by a marketing campaign.
Then again, it might raise the price of the oil I just got
