beware the evil Mobil oil

[Rob Andrews]

There has been a debate on a few web forums...supposedly Mobil 1 formula is
changing for the worse :(  I don't know more because I didn't have time to
read all about...but search some audi and vw forums....

> -----Original Message-----
> From: quattro-admin at audifans.com [mailto:quattro-admin at audifans.com]On
> Behalf Of Brett Dikeman
> Sent: Saturday, April 27, 2002 11:50 PM
> To: quattro at audifans.com
> Subject: beware the evil Mobil oil
>
>
> So I'm buying a case of 10w30 M1(second try this week; first time,
> they had 2 bottles left, not quite enough) at the local
> Autozone(poster children for why mergers suck; store chain has
> changed something like 3-4 times in the last couple of years, and
> store selection is all crap now, all generic BS like "Coastal" brake
> oil...wtf is Coastal?  Larger number of snake oil additives, the good
> car care stuff is gone, air freshener selection has tripled, etc.)
>
> I grab the usual green case...but...hmm..looks a little not so
> usual...curious.  Ah well.  Probably some bored marketing twerp
> decided to change the box, says I.
>
> I get to the cash register, the manager rings it up, and then opens
> the box(I'm totally confused at this point) and pulls out a bottle.
>
> "Hmm, did you want the Mobil 1?  This is the blend."
>
> Oops.
>
> So we wander back, put the box of "fake" stuff back.  Somehow, I
> think I'm not the first person to make this mistake, judging by his
> mentioning it, and the 2 boxes of the stuff on the floor also broken
> open, which I didn't really notice the first time.  The manager
> wanders around to find that not only did they over-order M1 10w30 for
> the week, but none if it's on display in the rack.  He politely
> indicates his severe displeasure to one of the clerks, and fetches a
> case for me.
>
> Anyway, they changed the M1 too, slightly...it's now got "SuperSyn"
> "anti-wear" additive marked on the box.  Whatever.  Works, looks,
> smells, tastes(just kidding) the same to me.  Probably just a new
> name for something that was already in it from the beginning(again,
> bored marketing twerps.)
>
> So...beware the look-alike, evil imposter synthetic blend...looks
> just like the regular M1, except the cases and bottles are black I
> think, instead of the normal silver.
>
> Brett
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