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05-12-2026
Efthreeoh wrote
Contraband across national borders? Yikes!
Not contraband. I tell them what I'm carrying and they don't care. I used to buy six loaves of bread at a time from an awesome bakery in Ottawa and take them down to freeze. I'm sure they thought I was a little cooky but it isn't illegal!
05-12-2026
I don't think the OE in a bottle is factory fill.....for many years , I've tried to duplicate the factory fill with no success. No amount of dilution ratio, etc.

I summed it up as the factory fill is something different. It clean well, flashes off well. It's put in for cars to be delivered in anywhere in the continent so the formulation may be different than what I call the (OE in a bottle) being discussed in this thread.
05-12-2026
chefwong wrote
I don't think the OE in a bottle is factory fill.....for many years , I've tried to duplicate the factory fill with no success. No amount of dilution ratio, etc.

I summed it up as the factory fill is something different. It clean well, flashes off well. It's put in for cars to be delivered in anywhere in the continent so the formulation may be different than what I call the (OE in a bottle) being discussed in this thread.
I always feel my new BMW and Mercedes(both made in Germany) drove very well when they had the factory-inflated tires.(the ones with high quality German air) Sadly, even if I put Costco nitrogen air in them a few weeks later, the tires just didn't feel as nice. :(
05-12-2026
SYT_Shadow wrote
Not contraband. I tell them what I'm carrying and they don't care. I used to buy six loaves of bread at a time from an awesome bakery in Ottawa and take them down to freeze. I'm sure they thought I was a little cooky but it isn't illegal!
I was making a joke.
05-12-2026
Saker_ wrote
I don’t use the generic big box stuff.

Here is the BMW stuff.
83192221702 must be the newest number. Realoem doesn't have it.
05-12-2026
I buy the blue stuff at the autoparts store by the case. I've never found any washer fluid to really clean a windshield very well, and NEVER clear bug bodies.
05-12-2026
You can't get the EU factory fill in the US.