Hi,
I do enjoy the expertise of those "regulars" on here and the content on this Board in general
I wonder though if we sometimes try to re-invent the past so the following may be of interest
From the English "MOTOR" magazine ( the twenty fifth annual edition of their Road Tests ) in 1973 - 30 years ago
Covering cars ranging from Alfa Romeo, Audi, BMW thru Honda Civic, FIAT, Rolls, Mercedes, Porsche and etc to VW - 54 vehicles in all. None from the USA but one from Russia - a Moskvich, and a Skoda too!
33 vehicles have their recommended oils listed and the breakdown follows
10w-20 (1) Audi
10w-30 (1) Audi
10w-40 (2) 1 of these was Peugeot
10w-50 (2) Both Mercedes
20w-20 (1) VW
20w-40 (5)
20w-50 (20) Including Honda Civic,Mazda,Rolls
30 (1) VW
The Germans were starting to recommend light oils ( 10w-20 ) over thirty years ago!
I was an early user of German Castrol SLX 0w-30
when first released here in 1996
Regards
Doug
MY02 Subaru Outback 2.5 manual ( Delvac 1 )
MY98 BMW Z3 2.8 manual ( Delvac 1 )
MY89 Porsche 928 S4 Auto ( Delvac 1 )
I do enjoy the expertise of those "regulars" on here and the content on this Board in general
I wonder though if we sometimes try to re-invent the past so the following may be of interest
From the English "MOTOR" magazine ( the twenty fifth annual edition of their Road Tests ) in 1973 - 30 years ago
Covering cars ranging from Alfa Romeo, Audi, BMW thru Honda Civic, FIAT, Rolls, Mercedes, Porsche and etc to VW - 54 vehicles in all. None from the USA but one from Russia - a Moskvich, and a Skoda too!
33 vehicles have their recommended oils listed and the breakdown follows
10w-20 (1) Audi
10w-30 (1) Audi
10w-40 (2) 1 of these was Peugeot
10w-50 (2) Both Mercedes
20w-20 (1) VW
20w-40 (5)
20w-50 (20) Including Honda Civic,Mazda,Rolls
30 (1) VW
The Germans were starting to recommend light oils ( 10w-20 ) over thirty years ago!
I was an early user of German Castrol SLX 0w-30
when first released here in 1996
Regards
Doug
MY02 Subaru Outback 2.5 manual ( Delvac 1 )
MY98 BMW Z3 2.8 manual ( Delvac 1 )
MY89 Porsche 928 S4 Auto ( Delvac 1 )