A Good Old "What Wipers, Fuel, Oil, Air Filter or Tires do You Use" Thread

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  1. rkw

    rkw Well-Known Member

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    Wow, rkw, after reading those definitions we should leave you and JECO alone here - he's busy quibbling his oracle in message #10. :ihih:
     
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    Hey, I didn't come up with those definitions. I'm just the messenger. :D
     
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    PIAA super silicon (thanks savvy and Dave)
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    I'm having a hard time trying to figure out whether post 4 or 5 wins the internet. One of them does, but both are epic....
     
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    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......
     
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    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.
     
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    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
     
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    Coolant: Pentosin Pentofrost NF

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

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    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.
     
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    What weight do you recommend Dave.0? I just changed mine with some 0w40 Euro mobile 1. Engine seems a tad noisier than usual.
     
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    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
     
  15. MCS02

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    1 Windshield wipers are for wimps!
    2 The cheapest gut rot I can find, the more ethanal the better. for me and the Mini
    3 I use straight 50 weight, the sludge that builds up helps catch metal chips
    4 It breathes better without a filter.
    5 all season run flats from china 194 R70 17


    I hear some people like 0w-40 but what do they know?:D
     
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    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.
     
  17. vetsvette

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    Sigh...


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