Dealerships do NOT have the best oil

"TheHondaBro" (wwaveform) 03/16/2016 at 00:38 • Filed to: None

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Trust me, I was there.

Phyzxmajor > TheHondaBro 03/16/2016 at 00:52

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Lettin a dealership in there.. Smh

TFSIVTEC drivesavolvo > TheHondaBro 03/16/2016 at 00:55

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My shop uses a semi-synthetic oil from Naigaurd as recommended from Mfr.

I’d be curious to know as a tech what other shops generally use

AMGtech - now with more recalls! > TheHondaBro 03/16/2016 at 01:47

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Fact. Most dealers tend to have the cheapest oil that still meets their requirements.

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > TheHondaBro 03/16/2016 at 01:47

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Pretty spacious for a SnoCo townhouse garage. This is your garage right?

TheHondaBro > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 03/16/2016 at 01:49

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Yep. Pretty small compared to the California garages I’m used to.

AMGtech - now with more recalls! > TFSIVTEC drivesavolvo 03/16/2016 at 01:50

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My shop uses Mobil 1 in bulk, and has bottles of Mercedes own oil for top offs. Oh, and Mobil Special for plebeian cars.

TheHondaBro > AMGtech - now with more recalls! 03/16/2016 at 01:51

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Interesting.

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > TheHondaBro 03/16/2016 at 01:52

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Most townhouses I work in give you jack squat for a garage. Hell, even what they call new “houses” (track housing) in Kirkland or Magnolia have super low clearance and you could never hope to put two vehicles in at the same time, let alone a small box and a bag of marbles on one side.

TheHondaBro > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 03/16/2016 at 01:53

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My cousin who lives in Everett has pretty abysmal garage space.

Though I’m a little spoiled. My childhood house had a three-car garage with one of the spaces turned into a shop.

AMGtech - now with more recalls! > TheHondaBro 03/16/2016 at 01:54

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Something something bean counters and profit margins.

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > TheHondaBro 03/16/2016 at 01:55

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I own a house with a 1-wide 1-car garage. Sacrifices were made to get this house.

TheHondaBro > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 03/16/2016 at 01:55

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With a brand new garage door opener!

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > TheHondaBro 03/16/2016 at 01:58

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And door! And yet my wife parks in the driveway 99% of the time.

46and2aheadofme > TheHondaBro 03/16/2016 at 01:58

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I’m in Fremont and I’m jealous of the elbow room in your garage. My wife gets our one-car garage because... well, marriage. I do the oil on our xterra but the two Ms go to a trusted private shop in Kirkland. Sometime I think life his a balance between shit you know you can do better/cheaper and/or shit you’re ok assigning elsewhere.

TheHondaBro > 46and2aheadofme 03/16/2016 at 02:00

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Would he do valve adjustments?

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > 46and2aheadofme 03/16/2016 at 02:01

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Wow, you have a garage in Fremont? How did you pull that off

46and2aheadofme > TheHondaBro 03/16/2016 at 02:05

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Probably. This guy used to be the head mechanic at a dealership and got fed up with it and opened his own shop and has done pretty well from what I can see. I trust him, I’ll call him tomorrow and ask.

TheHondaBro > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 03/16/2016 at 02:07

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I guess Amazon didn’t pay Seattle enough to compress the residential areas any further.

TheHondaBro > 46and2aheadofme 03/16/2016 at 02:07

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a la Logan’s Run?

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > TheHondaBro 03/16/2016 at 02:08

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Social commentary!

TheHondaBro > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 03/16/2016 at 02:09

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#rekt #millennialpower #berniesanders

46and2aheadofme > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 03/16/2016 at 02:10

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Fremont, Seattle? It’s not a “work on cars” garage. It’s a “park a small-medium car, extract yourself carefully, and sidestep inside” garage. But still, yeah, pretty happy that we got a house with a one-car garage in fremont at the valley of the market.

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > 46and2aheadofme 03/16/2016 at 02:12

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If you told me you lived in Ballard with a tiny garage, you would have to be Bill Gates

46and2aheadofme > TheHondaBro 03/16/2016 at 02:14

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Give it time. This is one of the worst driving cities in America (5th worst) and the incoming tech companies are making it worse and will only continue to do so. Their angle is their tech, which is autonomous and more cars on the road.

TheHondaBro > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 03/16/2016 at 02:16

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Garage? Ballard? Bro, garages just encourage pollution. My bicycle fits very well outside by front door- Shit, where’d it go?!

TheHondaBro > 46and2aheadofme 03/16/2016 at 02:18

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Farm property in Arlington is seeming more and more attractive, until the next great tech company takes over.

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > TheHondaBro 03/16/2016 at 02:20

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Ballard youths (aka 37 year old douche bags) are so far up their own asses they can actually identify the threshold between the small and large intestine.

46and2aheadofme > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 03/16/2016 at 02:20

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LOL but that garage would be on a 200' yacht, yeah? I’m definitely not Bill Gates. Somehow, I keep a wife, a 18mo, an e90 m3 and an e60 m5 happy-ish in a 2000sf house. Come over and have a beer or a glass of wine. I just spent a half hour at the gas station talking to a guy with a 2006 carerra S, my wife’s used to it. I'm a driving guy in an anti-driving city.

TheHondaBro > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 03/16/2016 at 02:21

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We got couches from the Ballard consignment store, those shitty “Handmade-in-Portland” minimalist couches that pop buttons and creak whenever someone sits on it.

46and2aheadofme > TheHondaBro 03/16/2016 at 02:23

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I dream about buying a big house in snoqualmie from somebody that's fed up with the dirtfish rally school noise. Love that place.

TheHondaBro > 46and2aheadofme 03/16/2016 at 02:25

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I would never be tired of that. I’m also one of those weird people that likes the noise of overhead jumbo jets as they’re landing.

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > TheHondaBro 03/16/2016 at 02:26

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Portland must also be a town in China or Vietnam

46and2aheadofme > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 03/16/2016 at 02:27

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Fremont isn't far behind. No pun intended ok maybe slightly intended.

TheHondaBro > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 03/16/2016 at 02:27

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With drivers from Iran.

I’m not even joking either.

46and2aheadofme > TheHondaBro 03/16/2016 at 02:29

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Oops double post.

46and2aheadofme > TheHondaBro 03/16/2016 at 02:34

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I worked for a big plane company for a long time, recently took a break to be a stay at home dad for a moment. My 18mo stops in his tracks and points/looks up whenever he hears an airplane, indoors or out. I get you.

TheHondaBro > 46and2aheadofme 03/16/2016 at 02:36

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I live underneath the path to Paine Field. I usually get to see brand-new Boeings with unpainted green body panels, as well as the occasional Dreamlifter.

46and2aheadofme > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 03/16/2016 at 02:37

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I grew up in Portland but I don’t even get it anymore. I’d rather live there because, hey, 50% cost of living compared to Seattle! But what is Portland these days besides hipster paradise?

46and2aheadofme > TheHondaBro 03/16/2016 at 02:40

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Awesome. Although I'll neither confirm nor deny that's the company I worked for because their social media watchdogs are assassins... I don't miss it.

pip bip - choose Corrour > TheHondaBro 03/16/2016 at 03:10

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can confirm , my employer uses Valvoline

TFSIVTEC drivesavolvo > AMGtech - now with more recalls! 03/16/2016 at 08:15

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Only the GT’s and GT500's require a full synthetic, we see about one of each of those cars a year on average, we do offer full synthetic as an option but most customers pass

Supreme Chancellor and Glorious Leader SaveTheIntegras > TheHondaBro 03/16/2016 at 08:21

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Thanks brian williams

EL_ULY > TheHondaBro 03/16/2016 at 08:45

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Lol, nothing anyone says on any automotive forum is ever 100% true. I guess i’m the only one that knows these contradictions,

EL_ULY > AMGtech - now with more recalls! 03/16/2016 at 08:47

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not us :]

TheHondaBro > EL_ULY 03/16/2016 at 11:28

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EL_ULY > TheHondaBro 03/16/2016 at 11:33

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LOL but on the reals, people bring their own oil often because they don’t trust our oil.

CaptDale - is secretly British > TheHondaBro 03/16/2016 at 14:32

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IDK, we carry so many oils for the different lines.

Gm Brand: Dexos 5w30 semi synth (bulk oil), Dex VI (bulk ATF), M1 5w30, M1 0w40, M1 0w20, Dex2 5w30, Mobile Delvac Diesel oil, 80w90 gear lube (bulk), and probably about 20 other needed GM fluids

Subaru: Synth 5w30, synth 0w20, HP ATF, 2 CVT fluids, High perf gear lube, and LSD gear lube.

Hyundai: usually uses bulk oil, about 16 ATF varients, and Quaker state oil (we never use cause why would we).

Obviously there are other fluids, but these were the oils I could think up real quick off the top of my head. Kinda hard to keep them all straight sometimes.