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Why don't you ignore the questions if they bother you so much?

Some people on this site act like it's a sin to ask a question that's been asked before.

I would have thought that our 'FTC' could fine the maker of a product that willfully lies about it's product if it's sold in the USA regardless of COO?

I'd use the blue jug in the 2001 4Runner but I'd use the red jug in the 2020 Pilot. The blue jug stuff replaces T-IV which most likely was used in a 2001 Toyota because the lower viscosity stuff wasn't introduced yet. The 2020 most likely takes the lower viscosity Honda fluid which the red jug...

The 'splash shields' are often a PITA to remove. I like the way Mazda does it with an access panel removeable with 2 screws that gives access to both the drain plug and the oil filter. My Fords have several screws holding the shield (9 IIRC) and my inlaws Kia Sorento is even worse (12 IIRC)...

I bought a six pack of HPL EC planning to substitute it for a quart of oil in the warm weather OCI. It might go 4 or 5 months in some of my vehicles which don't get driven as much lately. This is more of a PM thing as all of our family vehicles get regular 5 to 7K OCIs with synthetic oils and...

This thread is only a year old and already we can't view the pictures.....progress?

I can't open those links to see the C&P. This is what I get: Is there a way to open these links that I'm missing?

The $5.97 STMP appears to be identical to the nonMP ST that sells for $3.84 except for the silicone ADBV. Unless you're doing longer OCIs (over 10K) there's really no point in spending $2.13 more for the MP IMO. I'd use the ST before the Fram EG judging by the disected filters I've seen.

Yes they are according to those who 'divide and conquer' Americans to gain power.

If it gets too expensive to manufacture in 'the South'...the companies will move further south....as in Central or South America. Make no mistake about it....the push to 'globalism' will make some people better off but it won't be working class Americans.

Outsourcing to foreign countries? PS: I'm not anti-union and believe they are often needed but in my experience the vast majority of 'union bosses' are just politicians who are in it more for themselves than for their fellow union members.

Does anybody know if the UAW bosses like Fain get paid by union dues or by the car manufacturers or both. I know in some 'public sector' unions the union bigs receive their salary (despite working full time for the union) and a big stipend/salary from the union (paid by union dues).

I'd use them......but.....I have seen many Fram EG's (orange cans) with very wide, uneven pleat spacing. As I've said before....it's amazing that Prime Guard/EcoGard can make a filter with evenly spaced, non wavy pleats and sell it for $2 but Fram has trouble doing it at double the price. At...

I read that the recently settled UAW contract will cause the price of domestic vehicles to rise by about $1000 per vehicle. I guess those 7 year auto loans will get even longer....

When the non-union plants opened in Tennessee etc...they provided much needed jobs at decent pay and benefits which were lacking in those areas. Do the UAW leaders still receive pay from the car manufacturers or are they paid entirely by union dues?

I’ve also seen it done.

My sister-in-law has 215k miles on her 2015 CX-5 with the 2.5 Skyactiv that she bought new. It hasn’t had Mazda brand oil in it since it’s 2nd or 3rd dealer OC…and even those were probably bulk oil. It also often went 7 or 8k OCIs. It’s still running great.

Does anybody know if the SN version of this oil was as ‘thin’ as this SP version? I ask because I have 2 jugs of it and I will run it in my 20 weight spec’d Focus if it is.

I'll probably run it for a 5K OCI as I don't believe in throwing away money even if it's only $1.40. The one oil change that I didn't do on the Mazda was when my daughter was working in Charlotte NC and it needed an OC. She took it to Mieneke (or Midas) for a $79 synthetic OC and they used a $2...