for the guys that are into recreational oil changing...

"esther" is a person's name. "ester" is a chemical compound group. but you're right, it's glycol ethers that are brake fluids, not esters.

ester lubricants otoh are multitudinous. "glycol ester" is a ridiculous trivialization.

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

Reply to
hls

does that excuse work with taxes?

Reply to
jim beam

"End of story" is a good epitaph for this rather useless thread. This subject has been argued on this and other newsgroups for years.

You take the point that some are foolish because they dont subscribe to your ideas about lubricants, maintenance intervals, etc.

You havent proved any points. You just keep talking, saying the same old things, never with an iota of data.

It is boring.

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Reply to
hls

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.

Reply to
Bill Putney

...without you contributing a damned thing! buh-bye!

Reply to
jim beam

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

Reply to
jim beam

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

Reply to
Bill Putney

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

Reply to
Tony Harding

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

Reply to
Tony Harding

How much clearer can you get than inline response to "with conventional oil"????? Sheesh!!!

Reply to
clare

That is assuming you actually GET those advantages.

But not all synthetic oils are PAO

Or a 50% reduction, to be accurate.

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clare

In fact, 500% difference may be totally inconsequential.

Reply to
clare

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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jim beam

relax. i'm just saying that in the context of the underinformed thinking that "most" [90%???] drivers are operating in "extreme conditions", as quoted above, you should have been specific.

Reply to
jim beam

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

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jim beam

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