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[myownalias]

I took my car in to get the oil changed; got some Mobil 1 put in it; what a performance jump; it appears much quicker to 60mph and the responsiveness is massively increased! Just goes to show that dealers only put in cheap oil; despite the oil change being carried out by Firestone; they quoted me $110 for an oil change, so went to Walmart instead and it only cost $55.

I think the performance difference is in your head! There certainly are vast differences in motor oil but certainly nothing that you should be able to *feel* the difference in... unless you had crude oil sludge instead of motor oil previously. I'm a sucker for Mobile 1 but I use a type of Castrol GTX Synthetic. Audi forces you to use some weird euro spec branding for their T1.8 engines it's like 8 bucks a quart times four. I've never been able to find a suitable Mobile 1 version of it. What I'm very particular with is changing it every 3500 miles and the oil filter is changed every other oil change.

I can get the car on the ramp take off the underpan change the oil and filter in about a half hour now. I got pissed off when the service center mechanic I took it to lost about three of the underpan fasteners the only time I ever had it done there.

The guy at Walmart did say that it wasn't very good quality oil (this is after the purchase, so not a sales ploy); but it was put in by a dealer so they wont spend out more than they need to! There is defintely a responsiveness boost; although they did also top off all the other fluids and aired up my tyres to the correct pressure.

But since then, my rear driver side door has jammed; the lock mechanism works fine; it's the catch that seems stuck; the door handles inside and out won't release the door...

[darwin dali]

I took my car in to get the oil changed; got some Mobil 1 put in it; what a performance jump; it appears much quicker to 60mph and the responsiveness is massively increased! Just goes to show that dealers only put in cheap oil; despite the oil change being carried out by Firestone; they quoted me $110 for an oil change, so went to Walmart instead and it only cost $55.

WTF? I pay 24 bucks at my independent mechanic - Pennzoil works just fine.

[myownalias]

I took my car in to get the oil changed; got some Mobil 1 put in it; what a performance jump; it appears much quicker to 60mph and the responsiveness is massively increased! Just goes to show that dealers only put in cheap oil; despite the oil change being carried out by Firestone; they quoted me $110 for an oil change, so went to Walmart instead and it only cost $55.

WTF? I pay 24 bucks at my independent mechanic - Pennzoil works just fine.

But Walmart also topped off all the other fluids; put air in the tyres, cleaned the wind-shield and vacuumed the inside of the car... and all this in just over an hour!

They also had the $24 Pennzoil deal at Walmart, it's related to some NASCAR driver who happens to drive the #24 car.

[Hammer278]

I took my car in to get the oil changed; got some Mobil 1 put in it; what a performance jump; it appears much quicker to 60mph and the responsiveness is massively increased! Just goes to show that dealers only put in cheap oil; despite the oil change being carried out by Firestone; they quoted me $110 for an oil change, so went to Walmart instead and it only cost $55.

I think the performance difference is in your head! There certainly are vast differences in motor oil but certainly nothing that you should be able to *feel* the difference in... unless you had crude oil sludge instead of motor oil previously. I'm a sucker for Mobile 1 but I use a type of Castrol GTX Synthetic. Audi forces you to use some weird euro spec branding for their T1.8 engines it's like 8 bucks a quart times four. I've never been able to find a suitable Mobile 1 version of it. What I'm very particular with is changing it every 3500 miles and the oil filter is changed every other oil change.

I can get the car on the ramp take off the underpan change the oil and filter in about a half hour now. I got pissed off when the service center mechanic I took it to lost about three of the underpan fasteners the only time I ever had it done there.

Depends on the level of oil grade, if he was using semi synthetic oil earlier, and the one Walmart put in was fully synthetic you can definitely feel a difference.

[What's Burning?]

I took my car in to get the oil changed; got some Mobil 1 put in it; what a performance jump; it appears much quicker to 60mph and the responsiveness is massively increased! Just goes to show that dealers only put in cheap oil; despite the oil change being carried out by Firestone; they quoted me $110 for an oil change, so went to Walmart instead and it only cost $55.

I think the performance difference is in your head! There certainly are vast differences in motor oil but certainly nothing that you should be able to *feel* the difference in... unless you had crude oil sludge instead of motor oil previously. I'm a sucker for Mobile 1 but I use a type of Castrol GTX Synthetic. Audi forces you to use some weird euro spec branding for their T1.8 engines it's like 8 bucks a quart times four. I've never been able to find a suitable Mobile 1 version of it. What I'm very particular with is changing it every 3500 miles and the oil filter is changed every other oil change.

I can get the car on the ramp take off the underpan change the oil and filter in about a half hour now. I got pissed off when the service center mechanic I took it to lost about three of the underpan fasteners the only time I ever had it done there.

Depends on the level of oil grade, if he was using semi synthetic oil earlier, and the one Walmart put in was fully synthetic you can definitely feel a difference.

Maybe that's my problem... that I've only ever put in the primo stuff and don't have anything to compare it to.

[myownalias]

I took my car in to get the oil changed; got some Mobil 1 put in it; what a performance jump; it appears much quicker to 60mph and the responsiveness is massively increased! Just goes to show that dealers only put in cheap oil; despite the oil change being carried out by Firestone; they quoted me $110 for an oil change, so went to Walmart instead and it only cost $55.

I think the performance difference is in your head! There certainly are vast differences in motor oil but certainly nothing that you should be able to *feel* the difference in... unless you had crude oil sludge instead of motor oil previously.

Depends on the level of oil grade, if he was using semi synthetic oil earlier, and the one Walmart put in was fully synthetic you can definitely feel a difference.

That's exactly the case; the previous oil was semi synthetic oil and the Mobil 1 is fully synthetic oil...

[racechick]

I went belly dancing Dress rehearsal next week. Show couple of weeks later

[darwin dali]

I went belly dancing Dress rehearsal next week. Show couple of weeks later

[SennaVille]

^ RC, showing Nicole Scherzinger up

[What's Burning?]

Making a pizza today, I realized that I had run out of flour so I had none to spread on the counter so the ball of dough wouldn't stick. I made the dough a couple of days ago and forgot I had no flour left. I decided to improvise and use some corn starch instead.... not a good idea.

[SennaVille]

Making a pizza today, I realized that I had run out of flour so I had none to spread on the counter so the ball of dough wouldn't stick. I made the dough a couple of days ago and forgot I had no flour left. I decided to improvise and use some corn starch instead.... not a good idea.

Don't feel too bad. I was making playdough for the kids I look after today. Well, trying to. One little boy sadly shook his head and said "You're not very good at this, are you?"

[What's Burning?]

Watched Clockwork Orange with my kiddies today... well yesterday evening. It was a weird experience.

[andrew]

Only been up for a couple hours so not much really.

[LewEngBridewell]

Had a lie in this morning. Then checked out this forum, before booking tickets for the Megabus service back up North. I then had lunch in London (Charing Cross Road) with a pal, before attending a rehearsal. I then came back home, and spent ages on here with the Trivia Quiz and now I'm going to bed. Good night!

[andrew]

...spent ages on here with the Trivia Quiz...

My bad, sory.