Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2001 23:53:20 GMT From: MikeHunt2nopsamcity.com Subject: Re: Does anyone use synthetic oils?
Race cars are probably THE one place where synthetic oil may have some value since they, unlike the average car, run at the sustained high temperature that the advertising alludes too. For the average consumer, non synthetic and regular changes are more than adequate. Synthetics are mostly oil company hype and a waste of money, just like they promote using premium fuels. If you listen closely to what they say, they are not telling you it will improve anything in a vehicle designed to run on 87 octane. What they are saying is it will make your 91 octane car run as it was designed to do. Just Bob wrote: > > On Fri, 26 Oct 2001 12:07:52 -0600, "maf" <mfeldmannopsamt.net> wrote: > > >I don't think that race cars would use anything but the very best oil they > >could find, regardless of the amount of money they are paid (or usually not > >paid) by Mobil 1. > > I disagree. It's all a money game and it costs a ton to run a race > team. Since the engines get rebuilt every race, as long as the oil > will do the job for the race it really doesn't matter. Now, if there > were some competitive advantage to synthetics, it might be different. > > <snip> > > > The burden of this argument is on Amsoil, since they claim that > >their oil is far superior to Mobil 1, since they have to justify the 50-100% > >premium they charge over Mobil 1. > > Agreed. Mobil 1 has enough in the way of unbiased testimony to win > my money. > > -- > Bob > > United We Stand
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