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Used to be able to get cheap wipers for about $7-10 when you found a sale. I recently felt lucky to find Rain-X frame wipers for $12.97 each at WM. A great deal used to be Michelin wipers at Costco for $9.99 each; but they have gone up to $13.99 each, and changed from a frame-style wiper to a...

WM up here used to carry it in 5L containers for a good price; haven’t seen it recently.

Years ago Pablo ran the 5W-20 version of this oil in his Oddysey van for like 10k to see how it would do, it did fine.

A Motomaster MOCH 9018 filter for my G5.

Weak sauce, wear seems high. I know there is stuff ‘we can’t see’; but additive treat rates seem really low even for a modern diesel.

Those 2.5 Fords don’t need anything fancy…very solid engine.

I do it whenever it is convenient. I work for a dept. store with a garage, so there are deals, coupons..etc; or I’m having something else done to the car so it gets done then. Usually works out to about 5-6k miles, and it’s a mix of oils - sometimes bulk, sometimes synthetic…

Wow, that is a deal for a solid, shear-proof oil with lots of additives!

My dad had a 1989 Toyota Tercel with the carbureted 1.5; one of the last carbureted vehicles you could buy new. It got Toyota-branded 10W-30 from the dealership, and we always had bottles on the shelf because it burned oil.

The oil that silenced TC/tensioner rattle in my G5 was Castrol GTX HM 5W-30.

Additive-rich 0W-40 SS gets my vote.

It’s before SL…almost worth buying as a collector item, it’s over 30 years old!

I had a 2010 Soul for a few years. They rev hard on the highway and drone bc they are a large box. The main reason I kept my old G5 for my all-highway commute and sold the Soul, much quieter. UOA looks okay, but SI and FE seem a bit high - maybe check air filter for leaks or needing replacement?

I think the RX350 is a much more ‘proven’ vehicle, with few problems.

This stuff just showed up at my CT store, $29.99/bottle!