The only car I've ever owned to not get the Purple was the RX-7, for obvious reasons. With the sole exception of ancient carburetored rotories, I love the stuff.
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May 21, 2010 9:22 a.m. P71 SuperDork
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May 21, 2010 9:23 a.m. 93celicaGT2 SuperDork
Hrmmm... interesting. Not entirely sure it's worth the money in my case, though. I change every 3k miles anyways, and at least in the Mazda, the oil isn't even dark yet at that point.
But in my case, on 5w30, the car has more like 12-15psi cold @ idle. Scary. Apparently they all did it from factory, but i still hate seeing it.
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May 21, 2010 10:07 a.m. P71 SuperDork
When you switch to RP, switch to at least a 5K change interval. All of our cars (except the Grand Prix) get tracked regularly (autocross, drag racing, a few HPDE's) so the 5K works well for us. Non-tracked cars that see significant highway miles can go to 10K easily.
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May 21, 2010 10:26 a.m. internetautomart SuperDork
wow, going from unemployed talk to royal purple.
Unemployed, been there for 2+ years.
Royal purple? we were going through a case a week here for a few months. Good thing I buy it wholesale.
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May 21, 2010 11:19 a.m. Wally SuperDork
Dr Boost, have you tried telling people you went to Harvard? http://www.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/05/18/massachusetts.harvard.student/index.html
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May 21, 2010 12:11 p.m. spitfirebill Dork
AngryCorvair wrote:
DrBoost wrote:
Angry, I hope you don't think I said you were arrogant right?
i know you didn't. i just finally felt like i had something to add to this thread. it's all good.
I was wondering where you had been hiding, knowing you are a technical writer. I was not sure if you were degreed or not.
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May 21, 2010 8:26 p.m. ddavidv SuperDork
Harvard? Phssssh. Tell them you went to Cornell. They'll be so much more impressed.
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May 22, 2010 6:24 a.m. DrBoost Dork
ddavidv wrote:
Harvard? Phssssh. Tell them you went to Cornell. They'll be so much more impressed.
FTW!!!
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May 25, 2010 11:15 p.m. friedgreencorrado SuperDork
Hey guys, I'm not trying to be a troll or anything, but I just stumbled across an article that might relate to the original subject:
http://finance.yahoo.com/career-work/article/109636/more-workers-start-to-quit?mod...
Weird. I haven't found a new job yet, but I didn't realize I was actuallly part of a "trend"...
Oh, and BTW: Valvoline synthetic in the black Corrado last time, and so happy with it, that's what's going in it the next time. I just gotta get caught up on the other bills first...
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May 26, 2010 7:24 a.m. pete240z Dork
I actually use Penziol 100% in my wife's Trailblazer. And also in her 1994 S10.
I have never used anything else. No "oil related" problems since 1993. But who has "oil related" problems?
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May 26, 2010 9:49 a.m. neon4891 SuperDork
if we are talking about oil, my car burns 1qt every 700miles, so I just keep it full of whatever I get my hands on and run a 5K change intervile
