Mike,
Excellent points.
It IS the city miles that are harder on a car. Freeway miles are much
easier... which is one reason fuel consumption is much less on freeway
miles.
Eddie
MH wrote:
> IMHO,
> I've read similar articles including the articles from Consumer
> Reports, from which I subscribe, ......and I concur with CR,...
>
> IMHO...,and I have to point out what you said about ..."And they
> rarely hit highway speeds"....precisely the point,...
>
> According to CR and other sources of their popular notion: it's the
> "CITY miles, STOP and GO , High Heat Idling, ...blah,...blah... that
> is considered at the very least, and well short of "racing
> conditions", ..a reliable standard of "real world" wear and tear on
> inspected engine wear surfaces.
>
> I could champion that belief,... or degrade it, but I'm not an SAE
> engineer, just another lowly, uninformed, Roadster owner.
>
> I wish I had the confidence and credentials to categorically dismiss
> what I'm not sure about,... or at least provide a supportive
> bibliographic source of my opinion,...
> Oh hey, just kiddin'! ! of course....
> Mike Hudson '67 -Stroker / 5-Speed,..........KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI,
> Zip Code 64145
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul" <9laser3@bright.net>
> To: "'Eddie'" <eddietude@socal.rr.com>; "'Mark Mussari'"
> <markmussari@gmail.com>
> Cc: <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Friday, August 13, 2010 5:05 PM
> Subject: Re: [Roadsters] Trying to decide on an oil
>
>
>> So we should all go out and buy Checkers?
>>
>> Sorry, but my driving habits are a bit different than a cabs. They
>> never
>> shut down and rack up mileage in a hurry. And they rarely hit highway
>> speeds.
>>
>> IMHO,
>>
>> Paul
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