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Originally Posted by red2010z I am picky I refuse to let just any shop touch my Z. Atleast I know when Nissan makes a error they fix the problem. I

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Old 05-01-2013, 09:18 AM   #1 (permalink)
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I am picky I refuse to let just any shop touch my Z. Atleast I know when Nissan makes a error they fix the problem. I agree buying Ester Oil is like buying a Sumsung when it comes to LED's. Gotta pay alittle extra for the name. Just what I perfer.
lol I trust many shops here in town way more than the incompetent bozo dealers here I've always bought Samsung LCDs because they are without a doubt, much higher quality than generic brands that cost half as much. I do not give Nissan Ester that much credit. It may be better than Mobil 1 (even that is probably debatable), but it's not that much better (6qts for $30 vs 6qts for $65). The way Nissan is handling this ESCL recall just pisses me off even more, which is one more reason for me not to purchase their product. To each their own
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I typically drive my Z less than 4,000 miles/year, so I change the oil once per year (when I take it out of storage; and this is not a debate as whether to change the oil at the begining of storage or at the end, so let's leave that for another topic). I've been using Royal Purple, 5W-30 synthetic which costs about $45 per 5 quart jug at O'Reilly's. Walmart has it sometimes, but none of the local ones had it. When I changed the oil last week, it was still mostly purple and probably could have gone another 3,000 miles.

I also don't like people working on the Z, so I do it myself. I have access to a drive-on lift and it makes changing the oil about a 15 minute job.
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