Valley Express Lube

Hmm. Stopped by for a quick oil change before my return trip to Chicagoland, and specifically told the gentleman who would be changing the oil, that I wanted Mobil 1, full synthetic, 5W30. Leaves little room for interpretation, right? Except they put in 5W20, as per the «computer“s guidelines for 99% of the Focuses on the road. Alas, the SVT takes 5W30.
In their defense, they drained the oil pan and filled it right without any fuss, but It’s still a bit annoying — if only people would just listen when I tell them what oil I want. I’m not an idiot — it says 5W30 in the manual. And I’m sure it would have been fine with the 5W20, so long as I didn’t bump the rev limiter any too often… but for $ 67, I want what the car calls for.

I stopped here last minute for an oil change. The guys working here were nice and energetic and the oil change took like 12 minutes. It was awesome! I’ve overlooked this place several times but won’t again!