nor the opposite
Willing to become guinea pig?
No, but we do have data to show that the thinning of oil viscosities does increase wear so the logic, common sense, and the ability of inference, we can make a good guesstimate/assumption that wear will increase especially in regards to a 0W-20, since that's what you brought up. So...............yeah.
Tl;dr cliffs - you're wrong.
It's being used as a figure of speech here. The concept of 1.5% of anything is meaningless without knowing how large this value is in reality. I'll say 1.5% of $10 or 1.5% of $4800 or 1.5% of $1,000,000 all have VERY DIFFERENT meanings. In my mind, 1.5% of $4800? Who gives a crap and that is a rounding error. However, 1.5% of $1,000,000 is $15K and that's real money.
Drive one less tankful a year and voíla! All the benefits of thinner oil!
1.5% of something is 1.5% ... regardless of what the something is. The real question is, how accurate is that 1.5% delta measurement.
Just like an ad telling they are give you a 10% off coupon but they never tell you what the regular everyday price is. You really get 0% most of the time!
I agree - but the small changes that can have macro benefit are ignored - tire pressure checks for everyone would save far more than this viscosity change. Cheaper. More effective.
All the ads I've ever seen show what the "regular" price is/was when they show a xx% discount.
Supposedly, the 1.15% increase in mileage is with all other factors held constant except the oil viscosity. At least that's how it should be presented if that's the case. No question that fuel mileage is dependent on many factors.
Don’t disagree with any of your points! However, as much as I’d love to focus and crack open those big nuts, it’s in my opinion a misstep to ignore the small nuts in the pursuit of large change.
if someone gave you 5 lbs of cashews you’re going to eat the biggest, most complete ones first, then go after the small nuts. Should be the same when it comes to maintenance and/or improvements!
I use to eat lunch with this coworker that bought a small bag of Doritos in the cafeteria every day. He would put down a napkin and dump the whole bag out and separate all the perfect unbroken chips from the broken up ones. Then he would eat all the broken pieces and then eat all the perfect whole chips. Guess he liked the idea of eating the perfect ones last.if someone gave you 5 lbs of cashews you’re going to eat the biggest, most complete ones first, then go after the small nuts. Should be the same when it comes to maintenance and/or improvements!
So you’re saying Doritos are the anti-cashew?I use to eat lunch with this coworker that bought a small bag of Doritos in the cafeteria every day. He would put down a napkin and dump the whole bag out and separate all the perfect unbroken chips from the broken up ones. Then he would eat all the broken pieces and then eat all the perfect whole chips. Guess he liked the idea of eating the perfect ones last.
For every plus 3 sigma, there's a negative 3 sigma.So you’re saying Doritos are the anti-cashew?
To quote my current statistics professor, "Stats is not a science so much as an art based on science. I can teach anyone to compute numbers because that's easy. The hard part is really understanding the problem in front of you, choosing the correct path to analyze those numbers, completing your computations, and then interpreting what those numbers really mean in the real world."
