Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2001 05:48:25 GMT From: "Ray O" <rokigawanopsamNOSPAM.com> Subject: Re: Does anyone use synthetic oils?
"Roger Zoul" <rzoulnopsamouse.com> wrote in message news:ttqs8a76jfu70nopsam.supernews.com... > Yes, I saw the data too. However, I did not post it. I am not a blind > supporter of Amsoil, even though I know people personally who swear by it > and never try to push the oil. They are dealers just so that can buy the oil > at a lesser cost. > > Well, I still am not sure I believe the "facts." Remember, facts aren't > necessarily truths. However, I do find that Amsoil oils not having API > certification to be a big problem for me, if that is true. Since they claim > to be the first company to get API certs on a synthetic oil in 1972, it > doesn't make sense that their products don't have API certs. Someone posted > results from a website search, which we are supposed to consider as fact. > However, can we be sure of the veracity of a website? Does it contain > complete info? Did anyone here bother to verify that this website has > complete information for all of the other API cert'ed oils on the market? ========================== I am the one who posted the results of the website search. I went to the American Petroleum Institute's web site to see if they had a list of oils that they certified because I figured that their site would be more unbiased and unelusive than Amsoil's site. To see for yourself, go to the API site http://api-ec.api.org/intro/index_noflash.htm then click on the Energy Consumer link, then scroll down and click on the "In Your Garage" link, then click on the "Motor Oil" link, then click on the "Directory of Licensees" link and go from there. I got all this info from the API, not Amsoil. To be honest, I was not expecting any Amsoil products to be listed there. I am not an Amsoil fan and IMO it is not worth the extra money over conventional oils or more mainstream name brand synthetic oils. I have seen plenty of cars with 300,000 + miles on the original engine that was lubricated with conventional motor oil, just changed every 3,000 miles. Why would anyone pay $6 a quart for oil purchased by an organization with dubious sales tactics when there are less expensvie name brand alternatives that work perfectly well? Ray O
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