During my most recent trip to the dealer (actually it's there now, and I'm tooling around in an '08 C300 Sport with 500 miles on it...nice little car), they told me I should be running 0W-40 or 0W-50 in my car because it is considered "high-performance". I was like Huh?
But anyway, I said "but this is Florida...it's 100 degrees out...you really think that's necessary?". I would have just dismissed this outright, but it was actually a tech talking to me and not the SA, so it made me think twice about my belief that thicker oil is always better, even at the low temp end, unless you live in Alaska or something...
So I pose these questions to you all:
What oil viscosity are you running, and why?
Have you noticed any changes when running different viscosities?
Also, for those of you who have fallen off the Mobil1 wagon (which I think I am about to do, if I can find a US dealer for Penrite, or I have heard good things about RoyalPurple), what are you running and how happy are you?
TIA
-Chris
But anyway, I said "but this is Florida...it's 100 degrees out...you really think that's necessary?". I would have just dismissed this outright, but it was actually a tech talking to me and not the SA, so it made me think twice about my belief that thicker oil is always better, even at the low temp end, unless you live in Alaska or something...
So I pose these questions to you all:
What oil viscosity are you running, and why?
Have you noticed any changes when running different viscosities?
Also, for those of you who have fallen off the Mobil1 wagon (which I think I am about to do, if I can find a US dealer for Penrite, or I have heard good things about RoyalPurple), what are you running and how happy are you?
TIA
-Chris