Recent content by forties

Right. Nothing wrong with conventional oils, but consumers should have a bit of awareness. I enjoy my high fructose corn syrup as much as the next guy.

That is a good point. Measuring devices of all types tend to be more accurate towards the center of their range.

Is that blend like the Juice Cocktail blends at the supermarket that are 3% Juice and 97% cheaper ingredients? Super.

Buy yourselves a new 2025 before they're gone.. last of the physical control CX5ses.

I used to have an old 2.5t Plymouth Voyager with an 85mph speedo that would wrap the needle around the bottom. I think the previous owner did some modding though. Most of the other cars I've had do it the opposite way, I just assumed it was a parts bin thing. Share the same part number...

Makes you wonder how many people are commuting 85mph with roof cross bars and 20 weight "maximum fuel efficiency" oil. Day after day. Week, month, year after year. Or worse, with things up on the bars too. Diff'rent strokes for diff'rent folks.

I am also curious to hear how you do with those tires. I think most of it is down to your personal tolerance. I mean there are folks out here daily'ing on mud tires. And more power to them. I still don't see a single name calling incident through this entire thread. It all seems like...

The whole "switch to 30 if it starts burning oil" thing seems like a strange idea for me. I would rather start using the 30 before any extra ring wear occurred. Not that a little oil consumption is a huge deal but just my opinion. In my high mileage stop and go urban congestion 2.5 n/a I use...

Too true. If wallet gonna be dumb, wallet gotta be strong. I have a set of low mileage E's sitting in my garage.. because dumb.

Hopefully the Mazda chassis can do something with those stiff sidewalls. Read up on minimum safe air pressures people are running in those things. I have done a lot of unloaded miles on LT's and they ride a lot better when they are doing what they were meant for. Being loaded.

Crossover owners? More like keystroke experts. Bro in the other thread is like "Can I use 235mm tires instead of 225mm??" Tire rack be like "Sure you can!" Then the expert decries begin... never cease to amaze. My take.. if somebody is so worried about weight and rotational inertia for...

"a horrendously bad idea" The guy said right in his post 29.5" max without a lift. There are plenty of tires in that whole 29.0" to 30.5" range that would work on a CX-5 that are non LT. A few nice options in 235/70/17 for a 30". 225/75/16 for a 29.3" minus one. There are some good black...

Yeah but its a CX-5 on a 65 aspect ratio tire for driving over pot holes to Ralphs. I'm with tire rack on this one. Since you bring up track Miata guys.. drag guys have been known to go 150+mph on 225mm tires on 5" wide front wheels. Not that its a good idea for a grocery getter, but they do...

Nice, looks great. So what you are saying is.. get 25mm offset wheels.

Just to play divisive advocate, I would not get worried about 10mm of tire width difference. In the past I've seen one brand's 235 which was the same width as another brand's 225. Go look at actual measured widths versus sidewall number claims and one can see how that works. If you're...