wuzzat VAG tool?-Now oil differences

[mlp]

From: "Bob Rossato" <bob.rossato at att.net>
To: <frank at zk3.dec.com>, <quattro at audifans.com>
Subject: RE: wuzzat VAG tool?-Now oil differences
Date: Sat, 7 Jul 2001 12:34:39 -0400

> Would these be the same engineers that are specifying that only 5w30
oil be
>used in engines?
> This is being done not because of better lubrication
>properties but instead to increase the corporate fuel economy
numbers.

Well Bob, if you didn't like manufacturers 5W30 recommendations, go
take a look at, or buy one of the newer Ford Trucks -

How about a 0W20 recommendation for the gas engine F-150. A
recommendation BTW, "cast in" the oil crankcase filler cap, just in
case you should forget or doubt that Ford really, really means it!

I kind of wonder what the employees lunch room at Ford must sound like
when the accounting folks from the CAFE standard department sit down
to break a bit of bread with the bean counters and automotive
"actuaries" (if there be such an animal) from the warranty department.

Of course, maybe they really do have a new technology break through.

Mike