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JBA · May 4th, 2008, 07:12 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by DaFlake (original)

0w is the winter rating and the weight is 30. I use 5w - 30 here in Germany as we don't get as cold as you guys over there. Most of your brethren in the UK are running on 0w-30 hence my recommendation.

Have I got this right? You don't get as cold in Germany as the UK? When I lived in Germany (Munster, Osnabruck, Berlin) it was much colder than England in the winter. Still is I think

May 4th, 2008, 07:12 PM	#7
JBA MINI2 Regular Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Wilds of Lancashire Local Time: 05:14 PM Posts: 150 Offline	Britain moves to the Arctic: report from European correspondent Quote: Originally Posted by DaFlake (original) 0w is the winter rating and the weight is 30. I use 5w - 30 here in Germany as we don't get as cold as you guys over there. Most of your brethren in the UK are running on 0w-30 hence my recommendation. Have I got this right? You don't get as cold in Germany as the UK? When I lived in Germany (Munster, Osnabruck, Berlin) it was much colder than England in the winter. Still is I think