My MPG is better than your MPG...
 

*sold*

Are you going somewhere with this?

He was actually pointing out the douchbagginess of that car

:lol

Dude an automatic?

I'm assuming you got it because ur chick can't drive a stick.

Why plunk down the dough for Amsoil on that kind of car? Unless you're an Amsoil distributor and get it for cheap I guess.

why not? i run M1 in our 6 y.o. protege5, worth about 4-5k i guess.

just changed oil this weekend.

why run syn in bikes, most are worth less then $9k like that car

Where do the people sit?

JC

:lol

Why not in the mower?

I'm just saying that a synthetic oil isn't going to make a difference unless you're planning on keeping it for 200,000 miles or more.

Oil seems to be a big peer pressure thing. :idk: Same goes for 3,000 mile oil changes. They are a waste of money for the vast majority of people. It depends on your driving conditions, distance, weather, etc. If all you do is highway long trips, you're fine with 7,500 mile changes. Short trips on the other hand.......

But whatever makes people feel good.

haha, really? syn reduces friction better, you get better power and fuel economy with good oil than you do with crap. I felt the difference immediately when I moved to good oil in my last bike and in my truck. Try it sometime, not everyone is as ignorant as you think.

You "felt" the difference? Even if you gained 2 hp, that's not enough to feel with a 250hp truck.

I've tried syn plenty of times, never experienced any difference except for better sub-zero starting.

Or how about, I couldn't see out of the mirrors of my bike with dino in, but I can do 450 miles on it without a numb butt with MX4T in. Or that I gained 1+mpg in my truck. This isn't rocket surgery. How many HP does my truck have again?

Dirty oil doesn't necessarily mean it's inferior oil, it might also mean that it contains an aggressive detergent package, and it cleaned out the gunk in your engine. In fact there are a lot of people who say that about Mobil 1.

I keep my cars for a long time.
I change my car oil every 3000miles.
I've even changed sythetic oil every 3000miles.

Its appropriate for me since I only drive anywhere from 5K-8K a year with a lot of short trips.

You are comparing two different time periods, one with Oil A and another with Oil B. Your truck isn't operating in a controlled test, so there's too many uncontrolled variables (weather, tire pressure, trip distance, etc) for you to declare that your 1 mpg improvement was due to a different brand of oil.

do i get a free rainbow sticker with the car and free health care but lose my appetite for red meat all while my balls shrivel up and my dick tucks back?

Lacking a time machine, I averaged things over several thousand miles.

OK, but it's not uncommon for engines to deliver different fuel economy as they age.

I actually think the Yaris is good-looking for what it is. Way better than a Fit.

I see a couple Yarii (3 dr configuration) in the train station parking lot.
It is what it is...
I'd rock an Echo or a Yaris as a station car.

so you compare a race bike to a yaris? good comparison there flap jack.. not..

good luck in selling the car.. use the money to buy a clue..

and for all you haters out there i did all that without spewing obscenities so fuck all y'all..

The funny thing is that you can get 5qts of Mobil 1 at Wallyworld for 21 bucks, but if you buy 5 individual quarts of dino oil it is 3.49 each.

I think what you felt is the "I spent an additional 20 bucks on oil, so in order to justfiy my purchase I have to force myself to feel better".:boobs:

Okay, you all got me. Syn does not have more friction reducing properties than dino, despite all the studies and dyno runs that say it does.

Was the oil weight the same on the bike? And the 1mpg was prolly because of difference in the drive cycles.

Dude I'm rollin here...

The more slippy you speak of is because of an additive, not the actual base stock oil. That additive can easily be added to dino oil as well. Castrol uses it, but not sure about others.

I use full syn myself so I can go longer between changes.

Fuck individual quarts. How much for a 5-qt of dino oil? Bet you can get a 5 qt of Supertech for only $8

Nah...it's like 13 bucks I think. I heard Supertech filters are decent, but I don't know if I would trust the oil.

Mud... I think they have you on ignore. LOL

The wife just bought a 2011 Fiesta... and it will see your MPG and raise you on MUCH better looking!

Gas what is she getting mpg wise?

Man we are tearing up Triples thread....

good

I see your new'er cars and raise you a 92 civic.. How does a car thats 18 years old average 40+ mpg.. That's better than any non hybrid car on the road today.. Fucking 3000lb compact cars these days..

They were lighter.
The NOx emission regulation were not as stringent as today, so you could run leaner and you didn't have to warm up the cat quickly either, which reduces fuel consumption.
They were much slower.

People don't want to buy a car, even an "economy" car, unless it has power windows, door locks, A/C, sat/nav, 16 airbags, enough sound deadening to fill a Lexus, and enough steel to withstand getting run over by Bigfoot. Most consumers who want an "economy" car aren't willing to give anything up to achieve actual economy so manufacturers just build smaller cars that only give the appearance of economy. Personally I'd rather have one of Sir Alec Issigonis' original Minis weighing 1,500lbs running a B18C5 Integra Type-R engine and still get great mileage, but I guess I'm uncommon and nobody really builds the cars I would want.

Yeah. They are a bit lighter. One example is my 92 civic vs my dads 2005 civic hybrid. My dads car is slower and only gets about 38 mpg. Weight diff is about 500lbs.

Yeah..........But which Civic would you take on a long trip? Old Civics have horrible road & tire noise.

I took a 93 Civic Ex manual sedan on a number of long road trips. I thought it was very comfortable.

Guess it depends what you're used to. My parents have one of the 90's base model Civics, don't know which year, and it's much noisier than today's cars, or even my 94 Probe.

You still have that Probe? Damn...talkin about not helping the economy. lol

Between my bike and public transportation, I only need to drive like 5K miles a year, so spending $30K on a new car would be a waste.

Or get a 10k lease for 200 bucks a month. :boobs:

I miss my Probe. It was a good car.
Guy that eventually bought it apparently fixed the stuff I was to lazy to sort out so its probably still chugging along.

Why?

^^^Stir up the economy. Pay attention Dun.

Did you see the timestamp on my post?
You should know by now that any post I make between 8PM and 5AM will likely be sketchy

It's noisy but nothing that turning the radio on won't fix. Some of the weather stripping is bad adding to the wind noise, but I also drive a convertible and an 89 f-150 so it's the quietest of the bunch for me.

My dad's hybrid has trouble accelerating with 2 ppl in the car. Scary how slow that thing is..

Oh, btw.. good luck with the sale! :boobs:

Is that why every Civic I see on the road has it's (aftermarket) radio blasting?
:lol:

Eh, I guess you can call mine aftermarket.. I've got a free pioneer deck (7 yrs old) driver side front speaker lead is dead. And I bought 2 pair of 2way pioneer speakers off ebay for 15$ each/pair. Gets the job done.. lol

The radio that came with the car played static.. really loud.. and the speakers were all completed ripped. I had to run speaker wire throughout the car, but didnt hide any of it.. it's a real beater.. Never washed in 4 yrs too.. lol

I'm not knocking the car.
Despite all the "tuner wannabe's" out there destroying them, older civics have always been great little cars.

Didn't think you were.. I hate all those piece of shit civics, accords, integras.. They all have the wing, the altezza lights, and the chrome 14" hub caps.. :wtfru:

I use mine for economy and keeping the miles off my nicer vehicles. I drive 2 hours round trip every day for work..

You can't even buy one anymore new or used without threat of theft or abuse by previous owner.

I'm at 30mpg cause I drove it the last 2 days... and that's doin 90+mph down the highway... wed night I was trailin my buddy in his new 300 and we were doin 100mph. Fiesta just goes.

Yeah I don't like the wheels. But it's HUGE better looking than any of those, including the Yaris. I'll get a thread up in a few mins.


That's the cool part about the Fiesta. It has all those super nice options in a sub $20k car. It's also the only car in its class with many of those options and getting a 5 star safety rating. It even has knee airbags... F knee airbags. It's a super cool little car.