Re: for the guys that are into recreational oil changing... - Page 2

As it approaches the limits of measurability, 100% difference may not be
mathematically significant.

On 04/04/2010 10:04 AM, hls wrote:

does that excuse work with taxes?


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jim beam wrote:


I have no horse in this race, but to answer your question about taxes -
yes - you can round to the nearest dollar (in spite of the fact that you
could carry everything to pennies).  You picked a poor example to
support your case.

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On 04/04/2010 10:17 AM, Bill Putney wrote:

so if i owe a few $k, that's insignificant compared to the national
budget, and i can "round down", right?

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jim beam wrote:

No, but if you owe either $0.24 or $0.48 (100% difference), you can.

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On 04/04/10 13:23, jim beam wrote:

No, there are rules for rounding. *Estimates*, however, are a very
different matter altogether!  :)

 In fact, 500% difference may be totally inconsequential.

On 04/04/2010 03:19 PM, clare@snyder.on.ca wrote:

yeah.  my civic with 20k mile oil change intervals is 500% broken.


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That is assuming you actually GET those advantages.

 But not all synthetic oils are PAO

Or a 50% reduction, to be accurate.

On 04/04/2010 03:09 PM, clare@snyder.on.ca wrote:

if you're using them, how can you /not/ get them???



right.  the majority sold here are in fact group III's.  the next
biggest seller is group IV, pao's.  ester-based motor oils are a tiny
minority.



increasing from 2ppm to 4ppm is 100%.  to be accurate.


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Now.... a lot is going to depend on what you call cold... -40 is a God-given
fact for several days a year where I live... it's gonna happen, drop your
purse and hold you jacket closed, pansy...

I run dino oil... I cannot justify the expense of synthetics and most of you
guys can't tell the difference between cracked synthetics and PAO synthetics
anyway.

Don't get me wrong.. run synthetic if you want... I put it in a customers
engine every time they ask. But I'm going to have a real hard time
recommending it to people that don't need it...

On 04/03/2010 09:19 PM, Jim Warman wrote:


 > Now.... a lot is going to depend on what you call cold... -40 is a
God-given
 > fact for several days a year where I live... it's gonna happen, drop your
 > purse and hold you jacket closed, pansy...
 >
 > I run dino oil... I cannot justify the expense of synthetics and most
of you
 > guys can't tell the difference between cracked synthetics and PAO
synthetics
 > anyway.
 > Don't get me wrong.. run synthetic if you want... I put it in a customers
 > engine every time they ask. But I'm going to have a real hard time
 > recommending it to people that don't need it...
 >

if you change your oil every 3k miles...

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On 04/04/10 00:19, Jim Warman wrote:

FEH! Practically any weather around here is fine if one is dressed for it.

On 4/1/10 9:31 AM, in article hp2amp$cn1$1@news.eternal-september.org, "C.


Did you read the stuff you just posted (bolow)?  It says 3750 (severe) and
7500 (normal).

Yes I did. I understood that the two mileage requirements were 3750
(Severe) & 7500 (Normal). What I was commenting on was the line that
said - "Their definition of normal also pretty much leaves out
everybody."

While Nissan tends to push owners toward the "severe" schedule more
than than other companies, I was trying to make the point that the
regular schedule does not leave everybody out. I should have been more
explicit in what I was discussing. To be clear, I think most Nissan
drivers can use the regualr schedule. Honestly, why would anyone call
a schedule "Normal" and then claim it wasn't? If they meant for the
7500 mile schedule to apply to only a few owners, they should have
called it "light duty" or "unstressed" but certianly not "normal." I
think Nissan was trying to both claim extended maintenance
(competitive advantage for selling cars) and encourage people to go to
their dealer more often (aftermarket profit motive). Nissan explicitly
said you didn't need to use the "Premium Service" to maintain your
warranty.

Ed

C. E. White wrote:


I've read more than one account on Chrysler LH car flrums where it was
claimed that Chrysler refused to cover a 2.7L engine failure when the
customer had receipts showing the oil was changed at the dealer on the
Schedule A.  Reason for turning the claim down: There is no such thing
in the real world as Schedule A service.  Everything is Schedule B.
Claim denied.  I can't swear that the posters were telling the truth,
but that's what was claimed.

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On 4/1/10 3:54 PM, in article hp314u$cr8$1@news.eternal-september.org, "C.


I ignore the "premium" category as mostly fluff that probably serves the
purpose you suggest (dealer profit), but they have changed the names of the
other two in the "Service and Maintenance Guide" for '08 & '09.  Now there
is "Premium Schedule", Schedule 1 and Schedule 2.  It still says you don't
have to follow the Premium schedule to maintain the warranty, but Schedule 2
(what used to be called "Normal") has this disclaimer: "Generally, Schedule
2 applies only to highway driving in temperate conditions."

wrote:


 And you ignore that advice at your peril on an Altima or Maxima.

Quite a few in the scrap-yard around here with mint bodies because the
cost of needed engine repairs equals  or excedes  the resale value of
the car in running condition.

On 4/2/10 10:44 AM, in article a34cr5h9f5las9b99hvehtgnchf0rnvd72@4ax.com,


From the (G37) maintenance schedule: "Infiniti developed Premium Maintenance
for owners who want the ultimate in preventative maintenance."  What they
call Schedule ! Is the "severe" schedule with 3750 miles oil changes and
checks.  There is no peril in not following the "premium" schedule on an
Altima or Maxima (unless having that extra cash in your wallet constitutes
peril).

E. Meyer wrote:


Sarcasm,right?  :)

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