New mobile synthetic

[Jim Haseltine]

0W-40 has been available for years here, in fact most places only sell that
weight, with 15W-50 being sold by very few outlets.

I did the math long ago, 4 litres of M1 is GBP30+, 5 litres of Q Sythgold is
GBP21.50.

Regards,

Jim Haseltine

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ti Kan" <ti at amb.org>
To: "Brett Dikeman" <brett at cloud9.net>
Cc: "Erik Addy" <erikaddy at yahoo.com>; <quattro at audifans.com>
Sent: Sunday, April 21, 2002 1:53 AM
Subject: Re: New mobile synthetic


> Brett Dikeman writes:
> > >   I just wish mobil made a 10w40 synthetic.
> >
> > What about 10w30?  Pretty close.  I run it nearly year 'round in the
> > 200q20v, both when I lived in MA and NY....its pretty
> > generic/average, quite popular on the list.  I used to run 15w50, but
> > realized it just wasn't necessary.
>
> Mobil 1 is commonly available in 5W-30 and 0W-30 weights too.  Recently
> they also added 0W-40 which is the factory recommended oil on new
> Porsche and Mercedes cars.  While the 0W-40 weight is not currently
> easily found in chain auto parts stores or mass merchandising outlets,
> rumor has it that you can get them at Porsche and Mercedes dealers.
>
> -Ti
> 01 S4 2.7 biturbo quattro
> 84 5000S 2.1 turbo
> 80 4000 2.0
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