Synthetic oils
Show me evidence it's worth the extra money. Bet you can't.
Show me evidence you couldn't have done the same, with the same results, with Mobil-1 or Castrol Syntec or similar. Bet you can't.
Show me evidence it works better than Mobil-1 or similar. Bet you can't.
Show me evidence he couldn't have had the same result from Mobil-1 or similar. Bet you can't.
The Slick-50 effect: "I paid more; it must be better!" Marketing Psychology 101, day 1. The French Government did an experiment some years ago in which they got a bunch of cheeses, all the same, and divided them into two groups. One group sold for 33 centimes per kilo, the other for 66 centimes per kilo. Same cheese offered to the same shoppers at the same stores. The 66-centime cheese sold much more briskly. The lesson is obvious.
Hey, I bought a '92 LeBaron 2.5 with 70k miles on it, put in Mobil-1 and changed the oil every 16k miles. When I sold it with a coolant-leaky head gasket, it had 170k miles on it. The new owner reported the cylinders still had cross-hatch and no substantial top ridge when he pulled the head to replace the gasket. And all this without amazing, miracle magical ScamsoilÂ…how is that possible?
(For those keeping score at home: my anecdote is equally worthless as his anecdotes as evidence)
WOW! Slantsixdan, all the knowledge and you didn't even know Mobil isn't even a true synthetic.
El Oh El...........
Posts like this make the world go round.........
I use Amsoil or Royal Purple......
Here's some of my results with Amsoil.
Lister ST-1 5KW generator, Amsoil 15W40, 51,000 hours on the piston, rings, bore, cam, lifters, crank, bearings, etc. Two rebuilt heads. Damn thing has been running on a crank that has never been turned since I was 5 years old.
92 Dodge CTD, 418,000 miles, Amsoil 15W40. makes about 300HP, idles for days in cold weather, pulls 10K plus almost every time it goes out, runs the haul road, etc..........
95 T1500, 318 plow truck. 218,000 miles, Amsoil 15W40. Bottom end is perfect, oil stays clean for 2K mile change interval, and remember, it has had a plow, and has plowed commercially, (80+ hours per snowfall) since new. Valve guides and seals are shot.
I think the fight over what is worth the money is the persons buying it. I'm sure the Tech2000 Walmart Synthetic is just fine, and probably better than the *cough cough* fake synthetic Mobil.
