Ok, Im really a cheapskate.... (oil use question)

Post by **abscate** » 18 Sep 2017, 18:41

brunocerous wrote: ↑18 Sep 2017, 16:01 This is the best thread I've read in a long time. Thanks for the laughs, everyone!

I love the idea of re-using oil and have been tempted. And my family thinks *I'm* cheap for turning off lights!

Lights? Who needs lights when candles are 12 for a dollar at church?

Cuhfs , weren't you swapping your worn out wipers for the squeegee at the gas station?

Post by **cuhfs** » 18 Sep 2017, 18:55

I wanted to do that squeegee swap but gas stations no longer wash windows or have free tire air. BUT charging for air... that's genius.

Post by **wizechatmgr** » 18 Sep 2017, 23:42

Some Stewart's shops have squeegees still... =)

Post by **abscate** » 11 Dec 2018, 08:09

rspi wrote: ↑29 Mar 2016, 22:39 This is crazy. Really it is $5.20 per 2,500 miles if you are using full synthetic oil like Mobile 1. I'm sure you are wasting gas or something more than that?

Ratnalle called this one earlier. He pointed out my 30 mile hot run arguably costs something like $10-15 minimum so Im truly stupid focussing on the oil economy. Okay, he said it nicer than that.

Post by **Rattnalle** » 11 Dec 2018, 08:37

abscate wrote: ↑11 Dec 2018, 08:09
rspi wrote: ↑29 Mar 2016, 22:39 This is crazy. Really it is $5.20 per 2,500 miles if you are using full synthetic oil like Mobile 1. I'm sure you are wasting gas or something more than that?
Ratnalle called this one earlier. He pointed out my 30 mile hot run arguably costs something like $10-15 minimum so Im truly stupid focussing on the oil economy. Okay, he said it nicer than that.

Slightly nicer perhaps. But it seems the point was made

Post by **abscate** » 23 Dec 2018, 04:06

Update on this thread. Since I switched to a Mobile 1 high mileage the 1999 oil consumption has dropped to oneliter per 2500-3000 miles, so oneliter in between oil changes. Both my T4 transporter and girl car run about 5000 per year, so no more free oil

Post by **jimmy57** » 23 Dec 2018, 07:25

My oil using car and my lawnmowers would be using that low mile syn for damn sure. Swedes are some recycling son of a guns. The car may quit using oil it likes that recycled oil so much.

greg850r · Post by **greg850r** » 28 Dec 2018, 20:27

People stand in line for my drain oil. I will generally only put it in lawn equipment though. The boat alone yields up 9 quarts of 20-50 Amsoil racing stuff every spring that only has 1 tank (60 gal) of gas's use on it. The cheap or dirty stuff gets used to start bonfires.

WhatAmIDoing · Post by **WhatAmIDoing** » 28 Dec 2018, 22:14

I save a small fortune in bar and chain oil by reusing my used motor oil.

Post by **abscate** » 29 Dec 2018, 01:23

That's a great tip on chainsaws, forgot about that.

Ok, Im really a cheapskate.... (oil use question)

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