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Slick 50 For The Elio?

Coss

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I use Castro GTX now in the Van and Sunfire (192,000) and (285,000) and Gerard (Mini Cooper S) gets Castro Edge Titanium or something like that. (66,000).
Ummm Ian442 it's Castrol not a dictator from Cuba; Castro

Where do you buy your oil at and what are you paying for it there?
 

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If the 84mpg is a reality, I'll be burning through a gallon a day! :eek:
1/5th of what I'm going through now.
Remember, that's 84mpg Highway, not all the time.
In city is 45 to 49mpg.
So unless you drive Highway and highway speeds every time you drive it; with no traffic, no slow downs; just constantly from the highway on-ramp at the end of your driveway :car: to the highway off ramp to your parking spot :fish2:; plan on getting a little less than 84mpg 100% of the time. :pound:
 

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Yes. The reason is oil additives in general are scams, and Slick 50 in particular is a scam. The inventor of Teflon - the "magic ingredient" in Slick 50 - said it has no use nor purpose in engine oil.

THE TEFLON IS A SOLID THAT GETS TRAPPED IN THE OIL FILTER .
SLICK 50 HAD SOME SLICK ADVERTISING , BUT THAT's ABOUT IT .
 

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Ummm Ian442 it's Castrol not a dictator from Cuba; Castro

Where do you buy your oil at and what are you paying for it there?

Damn spell check. For the Castrol is about 8 to 10 a quart depends on where you get it. Obviously wally word is about the cheapest place.
 

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Car and Driver did an article about mileage enhancers... everything from chips to magnets to a tornado thing for the fuel line...

The only device or additive that they tested that made any significant improvement in mileage was a simple thing that plugged into the obdii port and displayed the current mileage. Apparently, manufacturers have real engineers and make their vehicles as efficient as they can given other constraints. The one thing manufacturers can't control is the drivers. But, the psychology of seeing how your habits affect your mileage makes people want to drive more efficiently.
 
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