Favorite winter oils?

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    Hi all, what are your favorite motor/tranny oils to run in our chilly MN winters? Last summer I switched the trans and diff to Motul 75w90 synthetic, and while I am happy with the warm performance, the really cold weather still gives a stiff and somewhat balky shifter... thanks !
     
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    Subaru gear oil.
     
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    I run Amsoil in everything I own.
     
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    I thought that was the OEM gear oil? If so, I found it really thick when it was like 15F or below. The Motul 300 was much better but not amazing in the really cold temps, hence my question :)
     
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    Everything is thick at -15F below.
     
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    Understood, I was talking about +15F and lower, which doesn't seem ridiculously cold given that the Motul 300 pour point is -76F :D
     
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    I just run the subaru x-tra s all year. No reason to swap IMO
     
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