Most liked posts in thread: A Good Old "What Wipers, Fuel, Oil, Air Filter or Tires do You Use" Thread

And since folks are taking this semi-seriously, I'll provide semi-serious responses:

1.Wipers: Currently PIAA Super Silicone. Sometimes Bosch Icons and other things.
2. Fuel: Mostly Shell 93. Occasionally other stuff. 160k miles on my engine, occasional doses of non-top-tier doesn't seem to have hurt anything.
3. Oil: Currently Mobil 1 High Mileage. Early on, Castrol European.
4. Air Filter: Amsoil Nanofilter (JCW flapless airbox)
5. Tires: Currently Dunlop ZII Star Specs, 225/45R16

 

Not that it matters,
Bosch Icon. (Presently)
Any premium gas (91 octane or better) Presently Loves has been the fuel of choice.
Royal Purple 5-30
K&N. (JCW air box with the flap removed)
Hankook V2

 

1. Whatever is on sale bc I don't really drive in rain and I have never been impressed by wipers.

2. 93 usually whatever is around. Shell/BP/speedway.

3. Amsoil

4. Amsoil JCW intake flap removed.

5. Michelin Pilot Super Sport

I'd like to add another category!!! Coolant? Or wiper fluid?

6. Don't really care. Probably Prestone bc its fricken coolant and who cares.

7. I think Rain X

 

I take Friskie to a guy with greasy fingernails who tells me what to do so I do it. Kinda like being married....successfully.

 

Hey, I didn't come up with those definitions. I'm just the messenger.

 

PIAA super silicon (thanks savvy and Dave)
93 without ethanol
Castrol synthetic
K&N JCW flapper less box
Hankook ventus v12, Contiental dws down to just dw

 

The best air filter for 2 things?

 

I'm not sure if I should laugh or cry....
The other sites thread on draining the coolant tank went the same way...

I guess we all know somebody like this...my brother-in-laws for one...but he learned, that he IS NOT ALLOWED TO PICK UP A TOOL......

 

Wipers: Bosch

Gas: Usually COSTCO. It all comes from the same terminal, only the additives are different (added to the tanker truck) by brand. I prefer a busy station where the fuel doesn't sit in the underground tanks very long.

Oil/Filter: MINI/MINI

Air Filter: MINI

Tires: Bought some Hankook Ventus S1 Noble2 tires six months ago. VERY happy with them.

 

Yeah, I'm repeating myself, but I hope people realize that if you buy your gasoline at a Chevron station, for example, it does not mean your gasoline came from a Chevron refinery. Chevron's Techron additive is added to the gasoline when the gasoline is loaded into the tanker truck at a gasoline terminal. That is the only thing that makes it Chevron gasoline.

Where the terminals get their gasoline depends on where they are located.

CD

 

Coolant: Pentosin Pentofrost NF

Washer Fluid: Whatever is cheap

 

Wipers - PIAA
Fuel - Shell V-Max 91 oct (no ethanol), Chevron 94 oct
Oil - Castrol Syntec
Air Filter - Madness CAI
Tires - Yokohama Avid Envigor

 

Wipers- Not too often

Fuel- 91 with 10% ethanol (blame the Colorado tree huggers)

Oil- Rotella T6 synthetic... Lots of ZDDP, and no dinosaurs

Air Filter- Tube Sock

Tires- whatever is sticky and has a treadwear of 200 or less.

 

What weight do you recommend Dave.0? I just changed mine with some 0w40 Euro mobile 1. Engine seems a tad noisier than usual.

 

1.OEM
2.Either 93 Shell or QT Or Sams Club.. OR 90 ethenol free
3.Usually Castrol Syntec
4.AFE Dry Drop in
5.Factory recommended at the moment

 

From the research I've done I decided to take out the 40 and put back the 5w30. The conclusion I came to is the 40 is just a tad to heavy/thick May sound crazy, but the car feels a bit sluggish compared to before. At idle I feel the engine in the car more so then before.