Re: Royal Purple or Mobil1 Synthetic
 

hey, watch yourself, nothing's too good for my car !
just kidding ;-)

-john

TG wrote:

> I use Amsoil and change every 35,000 with a filter change in the middle of
> that period. Mainly because I'm lazy. I used dino oil and only changed it
> every 5,000 and my '95 Legacy is still running strong with 285,000! If you
> are buying synthetic to preserve your engine and changing it every 5,000 or
> sooner you are wasting your money...unless you are in the Antarctic. TG
>
> "john" <rsx18@mistralaero.com> wrote in message
> news:3F29E067.9090802@mistralaero.com...
>
>>>>>>...If I had KNOWN way back then in 1973 that I was going
>>>>>>to keep the car "indefinitely," I would have changed over to a
>>>>>>synthetic motor oil! I just (1) didn't know I'd be keeping the car and
>>>>>>(2) I really didn't know jack about synthetics...just plain ignorance.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>It's probably just as well that you didn't try Mobil 1 back in '73. In
>>>>>their early years they had huge problems with getting the seal
>>>>>swell/shrinkage part of the formulation right. People would switch
>>>>>
> over
>
>>>>>to it and their engines would leak like sieves (I was one of the guinea
>>>>>pigs). If I'm not mistaken, they bought a few replacement engines in
>>>>>those days.
>>>>>
>>>>>People today have forgotten about that episode in its early marketing
>>>>>days, but they had quite a public stigma to overcome for many years.
>>>>>They seem to pretty well have recovered and built a good reputation.
>>>>>
>>>>>Bill Putney
>>>>>(to reply by e-mail, replace the last letter of the alphabet in my
>>>>>address with "x")
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>Don't forget you also could drive 25,000 miles between oil changes was
>>>>another claim.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>Reminds me of a story -
>>>I used to work in the automotive department at Target, (back when they
>>>
> did
>
>>>car service) A guy comes in screaming because his engine is not running
>>>good, oil smells burnt etc. He sail Mobil One advertise 25K between oil
>>>changes and he was not even up to 22K and his motor was shot. He
>>>
> thought
>
>>>target would get him a new motor, because that's where he bought the
>>>
> oil
>
>>>from. I calmly referred him to Mobil and then laughed at his expense
>>>
> when
>
>>>he left.
>>>
>>
>>i use royal purple and still change every 5K miles (please no flames
>>
> because I don't do it every 3K miles ;-)))
>
>>hehe...
>>
>>-john
>>
>>
>>
>
>

Re: Royal Purple or Mobil1 Synthetic
 

hey, watch yourself, nothing's too good for my car !
just kidding ;-)

-john

TG wrote:

> I use Amsoil and change every 35,000 with a filter change in the middle of
> that period. Mainly because I'm lazy. I used dino oil and only changed it
> every 5,000 and my '95 Legacy is still running strong with 285,000! If you
> are buying synthetic to preserve your engine and changing it every 5,000 or
> sooner you are wasting your money...unless you are in the Antarctic. TG
>
> "john" <rsx18@mistralaero.com> wrote in message
> news:3F29E067.9090802@mistralaero.com...
>
>>>>>>...If I had KNOWN way back then in 1973 that I was going
>>>>>>to keep the car "indefinitely," I would have changed over to a
>>>>>>synthetic motor oil! I just (1) didn't know I'd be keeping the car and
>>>>>>(2) I really didn't know jack about synthetics...just plain ignorance.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>It's probably just as well that you didn't try Mobil 1 back in '73. In
>>>>>their early years they had huge problems with getting the seal
>>>>>swell/shrinkage part of the formulation right. People would switch
>>>>>
> over
>
>>>>>to it and their engines would leak like sieves (I was one of the guinea
>>>>>pigs). If I'm not mistaken, they bought a few replacement engines in
>>>>>those days.
>>>>>
>>>>>People today have forgotten about that episode in its early marketing
>>>>>days, but they had quite a public stigma to overcome for many years.
>>>>>They seem to pretty well have recovered and built a good reputation.
>>>>>
>>>>>Bill Putney
>>>>>(to reply by e-mail, replace the last letter of the alphabet in my
>>>>>address with "x")
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>Don't forget you also could drive 25,000 miles between oil changes was
>>>>another claim.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>Reminds me of a story -
>>>I used to work in the automotive department at Target, (back when they
>>>
> did
>
>>>car service) A guy comes in screaming because his engine is not running
>>>good, oil smells burnt etc. He sail Mobil One advertise 25K between oil
>>>changes and he was not even up to 22K and his motor was shot. He
>>>
> thought
>
>>>target would get him a new motor, because that's where he bought the
>>>
> oil
>
>>>from. I calmly referred him to Mobil and then laughed at his expense
>>>
> when
>
>>>he left.
>>>
>>
>>i use royal purple and still change every 5K miles (please no flames
>>
> because I don't do it every 3K miles ;-)))
>
>>hehe...
>>
>>-john
>>
>>
>>
>
>