I know a lot of us here drive with different preferences in oil, filters, tires, and fuel so am curious to see what that is for everyone.

Car: 1999 Honda Passport (rebadged Isuzu Rodeo)
Oil: Castrol 10W30. I prefer coventional oil in 4x4s.
Filters: WIX. I find them decent material for the price
Tires: Toyo Open Country A/T. Decent tires for the price. I tried some Bridgestone Duellers for a bit and in less than a year they went bald.
Fuel: Regular for communting, plus for road trips.

2007 Chevrolet Cobalt SS/SC coupe
Fuel: Sunoco 93 octane (if available)
Oil: Royal Purple 10W-40
Oil Filter: AC Delco direct replacement
Air Filter: K&N direct replacement
Fuel Filter: AC Delco direct replacement
Tires: Fuzion ZRi 215-45-ZR18
(soon to be replaced by a BF Goodrich G-Force variant


1996 Chevrolet Beretta
Fuel: Sunoco 93 octane (if available)
Oil: Valvoline Max Life 10W-40
Oil Filter: K&N HP1001
Air Filter: K&N Direct replacement
Fuel Filter: AC Delco direct replacement
Tires: Korean piece of shit mystery tires
(soon to be replaced with BF Goodrich Radial T/A's 215-60-R14)
Ignition Wires: Accel Super Stock 8mm
Spark Plugs: AC Delco Rapidfires

1999 Jeep Wrangler
Fuel: whatever I find cheapest with the least amount of water in it.
Oil: Castrol 10/30.
Filter: Fram cheapy
Tires: 30x9.50-15 Federal Mud Terrian
Air Filter: Dirty
Fuel Filter: Dirty too
Plug wires: Need new ones
Plugs: Came from factory
Mud: from several roads and trails here in upstate SC.

97 pontiac grand prix
fuel: regular unleaded from wherever is cheapest (only 2 refineries in montreal putting out the same swill)
oil: castrol off the rack at the store
filters: fram
plug wires: AC delco
plugs: champion cheapies
tires: goodyears that my father put on the week before he died

2001 sunfire
fuel: same as above
oil: same as above
filters: same as above
plugs: bosch fancy ass platinum ones cus i hated changing them in this car cus of the placement
tires: bald low profile chinese tires that fit on the mags that came with it
antifreeze: whatever i find at the gas station as the water pump loses it faster than i can fill it

2003 cavalier
fuel same as above
oil ditto
filters, dont know havnt had it long enough
plugs: mystery plugs that came with the car
tires: snow tires off the sunfire

Car: 2002 Audi S4
Oil: AMSOIL 10W40.
Filters: OEM
Tires: Michelin Pilots
Fuel: Petrocanada 93 or 94

2007 Hummer H3
Fram Oil Filter
K&N Air filter
Oil - Conventional 5W30 (Bulk Shell)
305/40R22 Falken Ziex STZ-04 tires (love em)
previously had LT285/55R20 BFG All Terrain TA/KO tire (loved em)
Wires - Factory GM
plugs - Champion

Stop buying fram!

http://minimopar.k...eference.html#fram

this has been all over the internet for at least eight years.

2007 Audi A4 2.0T Quattro.
Oil : Motul 8100 X 5W40
Filters - spark plugs : All OEM
Tires : Dunlop wintersport 3D 235-45-17. Summer don't know yet. Have some ZRi's from my old Jetta I might use (225-45-17) but I want new rims so doubt it.
Fuel : Sunocco 93 if it's available, if not 91 from wherever.

2001 Pontiac Grand Am SE
Oil: 5w30 high mileage (I think it has Valvoline in it now)
Filters/wires/plugs: All whatever type the owners manual calls for
Tires: P215/60R15, think they are Goodyear
Fuel: Normally Speedway 87 octane, but whatever is most convinent/cheapest

2007 Ford Mustang GT
Oil: Motorcraft 5w20 full synthetic
Filter: http://tunableinduction.com/2005_gt.htm
Wires/plugs: OEM (never changed them)
Tires: Pirelli Pzero Nero 235/55 ZR17 (stock tires)
Fuel: 87 or 93 octane (I have a flash tuner to change between both). BP or Speedway normally get my buisness

Posted by Nismo Car: 2002 Audi S4 Oil: AMSOIL 10W40. Filters: OEM Tires: Michelin Pilots Fuel: Petrocanada 93 or 94

all those pics you posted of your cars were taken at the ultramar on notre dame?
they dont sell petro crap gas

they have one of the only do it your self car washes on the island though

Posted by Nismo they have one of the only do it your self car washes on the island though

ok, anyways, ultramar in montreal sells gas brewed by petro can. Esso and Shell both come from the shell refinery, but both refineries pool thier production anyway so even though petro can't has a refinery you may be getting shell gas anyways. the octane boost to 93-94 is an additive added at the ramp anyways

Posted by nostra-YOUPPI! ok, anyways, ultramar in montreal sells gas brewed by petro can. Esso and Shell both come from the shell refinery, but both refineries pool thier production anyway so even though petro can't has a refinery you may be getting shell gas anyways. the octane boost to 93-94 is an additive added at the ramp anyways

You forgot Tactrol

well the funniest, my friend works at a large self serve that for years was an esso, the truck would fill the tanks at petro can across the street then come to them. when they rebranded shell, same truck!

so the truck would deliver to shell and petro can... they each have a refinery in montreal though lol. now northern new york, all gas brewed here in montreal as well, you see the trucks from arnolds oil heading south, and eastern ontario the number of mcewan trucks on the 40...

Cool idea for a thread!

Car: '99 VW New Beetle TDI
Oil: Castrol Syntec 5W40
Filter: Mächle
Fuel: Sunoco Gold Diesel/Shell VPower
Plugs: (Glow plugs!) - Bosch
Fuel Filter: Mächle
Air filter: K&N
Tires: Falken somethingorothers
Trans fluid: Motul Gear FF 75w90


Car: 1991 Toyota Tercel "GT-S"
Oil: Castrol GTX 10W30
Filter: AC Delco
Fuel: Sunoco Ultra 94
Plugs: NGK
Wires: Accel 400+ 9mm
Fuel Filter: Denso
Air Filter: K&N Cone
Tires: Nexen directionals
Trans fluid: Motul Gear FF 75w90
Brake fluid: Motul DOT 5

Car: 1972 BMW 2002
Oil: Castrol GTX 20w50
Filter: Mächle
Fuel: Sunoco Ultra 94 with lead substitute
Plugs: Beru
Wires: Beru
Fuel Filter: Mächle
Air Filter: Mächle
Tires: Motomaster SE
Trans fluid: Motul Gear 90

93 Chevy Caprice Classic
Oil: Wal-Mart Super Tech 5w30 (which is just rebottled Mobil oil in the eastern US, I'm not a Wally World whore but I'll buy this stuff...) or Castrol/Mobil if they are on sale.
Filters: AC Delco, Wix, Purolator, Champion labs
Plugs: Delco
Wires: Some kind of Carquest wires that were on it when I bought it
Tires: 4 Dunlop SP60 215/75/15 whitewalls for the snow...these are THE BEST all-season tire you can get, and they aren't expensive. Also made in the US.
Summer tires will be on some Impala SS wheels I have, haven't bought them yet but they will be 255/50/17.
Fuel: 87 octane, could care less of the brand but generally avoid stations that look like the gas will have sand and water in it. This car isn't a crapcan but it is a daily driver.
Fuel additive: Super Tech TCW-3 Marine 2-stroke oil, 1oz per 5 gallons at fillup.

1974 Chevy Impala
Oil: Same Wal-mart oil but 10w30.
Filters: Same.
Plugs: Same.
Wires: Napa Belden.
Tires: 4 BFG Radial T/A 255/60/15.
Fuel: 93 Octane, I add the TCW3 to this as well.

1993 Chevy Blazer
Oil: Same as above
Filter: AC Delco PF52, K&N open element air cleaner.
Plugs: AC Delco
Wires: Napa Belden. Had Delcos, they are now made in China for some reason. Also had MSD and they are the worst set of ignition wires I've ever had to deal with, don't buy them.
Tires: 285/75/16 BFG All Terrain T/A on the stock 16" wheels, and 265/65/18 Bridgestone Dueler AT RH-S on factory 2009 Chevy Tahoe Z71 wheels (new-take-off set that I grabbed...)
Fuel: Same as above.

Oh... and the winter beaster:
Car: '94 Tercel
Oil: bulk 10w30 from the magic hose in the sky at work
Filter: AC Delco
Fuel filter: is likely the original one
Trans fluid: ATF type F!
Tires: Yokohama K2s
Air filter: Motomaster I think
Plugs: probably haven't been out since 1994
Wires: actually say "1994" on them
Coolant: looks like cake

Posted by nostra-YOUPPI! well the funniest, my friend works at a large self serve that for years was an esso, the truck would fill the tanks at petro can across the street then come to them. when they rebranded shell, same truck! so the truck would deliver to shell and petro can... they each have a refinery in montreal though lol. now northern new york, all gas brewed here in montreal as well, you see the trucks from arnolds oil heading south, and eastern ontario the number of mcewan trucks on the 40...

Yeah, its provided by a jobber. Portland has a Chevron Plant which I know all the Shell stations here get supplied by, but they have Shell trucks do the delivery.

locally most stations here of any brand get filled by trucks from harmac/seaboard

2002 Chevy Silverado 1500 Extended Cab, 144,000 miles
5.3L Vortec V8 w/ automatic transmission
Oil: Castrol GTX 5W30 (6 quarts per change)
Oil Filter: AC Delco PF61 (much bigger than the original)
Air Filter: Something decent, store branded, change it every year or so
Fuel Filter: Original
Plugs/wires: Stock originals
Trans Fluid: Ready to be changed in another 6,000 miles
Tires: Pirelli Scorpion 285/65/16
Fuel: 87 Octane, Usually either BP or Pilot get my business.