oil - your choice

[Slide 'em Wide]

that was quite a funny read! Thanks guys!

[widowmaker]

i havent read through all that toss - will later
but, just a quick one:

ok picture this : Sicily, 2008
have any of you clowns thought of maybe the context of what was said between the defense and his mechanical representative was along the lines of
A: "jeesh boet! them fokken synthetic oils are moer of a expensive, eh?"
B: "jaaa swaer"
A: "bliksem, why do people put them into their cars then? are they so much better, or is it just like bully beef in dogfood cans?"
B: "maydefokbe, but for your old datsun it will do pokkol, coz back in the days oil was kak and they were designed for it"
A: "hey! youre dripping oil on my shoes dude!"
B: "eeehhhm sorry piesang!"
A: "...ennieway my china, so what will happen if i put it into my reisiesSX? will i beat uno turbos and bikes?"
B: "neee man voëlkop, you wont feel a thing, maybe if you had a performance engine, like that wizeass VC on your forum"
A: "aai nooit my broe! wat tune jy my nou?!? so why pay R500 for oil if Zenex-taxi-crud-in-a-can will work just as good"
B: "testify, brother!"
A: "so, what if my granny buys a slightly used diablo (with hand painted camo exterior, corsa lite replacement wheels, and pink fluff on the dash) and drives like my other granny. will she need the expensive shit then?"
B: "youre not listening crabcakes, if you're not gonna give the oil all hell, then she can put baking grease in the flippen sump, wont make aaaany diff. <i dont have a link here - stop clicking>"
A: "waste of money broe"
B: "... waste of money my china"
A: "for sure... testify"
B: "WORD!"
A: "WTF???"
B: "...mmm waste of money..."

[Sokar]

Synthetic may be better but there is nothing rong using a good mineral oil.

Aaah, but I didnt say that either There is nothing wrong with running a good mineral oil, in fact I run one in my wifes car and its been perfect, no complaints.

[Riekert]

i havent read through all that toss - will later
but, just a quick one:

ok picture this : Sicily, 2008
have any of you clowns thought of maybe the context of what was said between the defense and his mechanical representative was along the lines of
A: "jeesh boet! them fokken synthetic oils are moer of a expensive, eh?"
B: "jaaa swaer"
A: "bliksem, why do people put them into their cars then? are they so much better, or is it just like bully beef in dogfood cans?"
B: "maydefokbe, but for your old datsun it will do pokkol, coz back in the days oil was kak and they were designed for it"
A: "hey! youre dripping oil on my shoes dude!"
B: "eeehhhm sorry piesang!"
A: "...ennieway my china, so what will happen if i put it into my reisiesSX? will i beat uno turbos and bikes?"
B: "neee man voëlkop, you wont feel a thing, maybe if you had a performance engine, like that wizeass VC on your forum"
A: "aai nooit my broe! wat tune jy my nou?!? so why pay R500 for oil if Zenex-taxi-crud-in-a-can will work just as good"
B: "testify, brother!"
A: "so, what if my granny buys a slightly used diablo (with hand painted camo exterior, corsa lite replacement wheels, and pink fluff on the dash) and drives like my other granny. will she need the expensive shit then?"
B: "youre not listening crabcakes, if you're not gonna give the oil all hell, then she can put baking grease in the flippen sump, wont make aaaany diff. <i dont have a link here - stop clicking>"
A: "waste of money broe"
B: "... waste of money my china"
A: "for sure... testify"
B: "WORD!"
A: "WTF???"
B: "...mmm waste of money..."

Only on the SX forum!!

[Riekert]

Ok so gathering all the useful info....

Its better for our (high performance) cars to run synthetic oils to cheaper mineral oils... correct?

ok so then which of the synthetic oils must I buy myself? Because I want to service my SX this weekend and don't want to pay for oil twice!

[Sokar]

Well, the concensus umongst sane individuals is the following

- You cant go wrong with mobil one, the best but the most expensive
- Royal purple is just as good
- only heard good things about Castrol softec/txt
- Castrol edge is ok, but bottom of the range
- Shell in the silver bottle is also good

[veecee]

Shell in the silver bottle is also good

aren't you lucky you said that!!! i was about to cause another shitstorm!!!

[HancoB]

Eeewww

[veecee]

also i dont think any of you guys handled yourselves that well...

[Riekert]

Well, the concensus umongst sane individuals is the following

- You cant go wrong with mobil one, the best but the most expensive
- Royal purple is just as good
- only heard good things about Castrol softec/txt
- Castrol edge is ok, but bottom of the range
- Shell in the silver bottle is also good

Thanx!

Price range? R300? R500?

also i dont think any of you guys handled yourselves that well...

Hey V everybody has an off day... but normally not everybody on the same day!

[veecee]

also - its quite ironic how the title of the thread is

"oil - YOUR choice"

[veecee]

mobil 1 less than 500-00 for 5 litres IIRC!

i use the helix - fully synthetic (silver bottle) - i think its about 380-00 for 5 liters.

uhm... edge is about 180 for 5 litres

and softec (highly recommended - apparently, but i havent tried it??? - so please dont come over to my place to argue face to face with fists!!!) is about 110 per litre, and is only available in small little tiny plastic irritating little bottles!!!

[Riekert]

mobil 1 less than 500-00 for 5 litres IIRC!

i use the helix - fully synthetic (silver bottle) - i think its about 380-00 for 5 liters.

uhm... edge is about 180 for 5 litres

and softec (highly recommended - apparently, but i havent tried it??? - so please dont come over to my place to argue face to face with fists!!!) is about 110 per litre, and is only available in small little tiny plastic irritating little bottles!!!

Thanx VC.

I'll go for the helix. Its a inbetweener, not to cheap and not to expensive...

Ok this is off topic but: where can I source the filters(oil,fuel). remember I'm in Hermanus.....

[veecee]

i get mine in joburg!

[Riekert]

i get mine in joburg!

Nice! that helps! will I be able to get it from the local midas or autozone?