Nomad Willy
Guru
av8r gives us a hint as to how our consuming habits evolve.
We change our buying habits for many reasons.
Ever heard of the ad line ________ people can't be wrong? Howabout "this is'nt your fathers Oldsmobile. Or "Out with the old in with the new". How do fads become fads? People become accustomed to thinking new is good and better and old is bad and inferior. The explanation for this is that more often than not or even most of the time all the above leads us to better products. But often these habits and attitudes lead us to use products where they are'nt most suitable. Ever seen someone use duct tape on ducts? Probably not. It has become so popular people use it for almost anything but what it is suited for because it's popular to do so. What is popular is king here in the US.
People use multi-vis oil mostly for good reasons. It's better ........most of the time. It was created by the military to help start engines in extremely cold weather and is desirable and/or helpful much of the time but in some cases we do'nt need that feature of oil performance. But most importantly we think of a 1936 Chevrolet when we think of 30W oil. But the 30W oil we put in 1936 Chevrolets is WAY different than the old stuff. Has many useful additives that are needed most of the time but the oil refiners offer us a choice when it comes to viscosity improvers. I think they know that it's better not to have viscosity improvers in our oil where it's not needed and offer the product w/o the VIs. Stationary engines in heated buildings like a power house or pump house are excellent examples. A good example is where relatively warm conditions exist in an engine room or compartment where the engine will be given ample time for warm up. Operating engineers of stationary engines will probably almost universally opt for not using multi vis oil. And trawler boat operators should do so for almost the same reasons.
JUST SAY NO TO MULTI-VIS
av8r,
It's very likely you use bias ply tires if you have a trailer.
We change our buying habits for many reasons.
Ever heard of the ad line ________ people can't be wrong? Howabout "this is'nt your fathers Oldsmobile. Or "Out with the old in with the new". How do fads become fads? People become accustomed to thinking new is good and better and old is bad and inferior. The explanation for this is that more often than not or even most of the time all the above leads us to better products. But often these habits and attitudes lead us to use products where they are'nt most suitable. Ever seen someone use duct tape on ducts? Probably not. It has become so popular people use it for almost anything but what it is suited for because it's popular to do so. What is popular is king here in the US.
People use multi-vis oil mostly for good reasons. It's better ........most of the time. It was created by the military to help start engines in extremely cold weather and is desirable and/or helpful much of the time but in some cases we do'nt need that feature of oil performance. But most importantly we think of a 1936 Chevrolet when we think of 30W oil. But the 30W oil we put in 1936 Chevrolets is WAY different than the old stuff. Has many useful additives that are needed most of the time but the oil refiners offer us a choice when it comes to viscosity improvers. I think they know that it's better not to have viscosity improvers in our oil where it's not needed and offer the product w/o the VIs. Stationary engines in heated buildings like a power house or pump house are excellent examples. A good example is where relatively warm conditions exist in an engine room or compartment where the engine will be given ample time for warm up. Operating engineers of stationary engines will probably almost universally opt for not using multi vis oil. And trawler boat operators should do so for almost the same reasons.
JUST SAY NO TO MULTI-VIS
av8r,
It's very likely you use bias ply tires if you have a trailer.
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