Mobil 1 oil weight

[thejimrose]

Thanks Taka. I do use the german castrol occasionally. Haven't seen the
Penz, but haven't looked.

I guess the $64000 question is; "is the new, not fully synth m1 worse in any
real sense than the fully synth". Maybe mobil figured out a way to make it
cheaper and as good [yea right].  Maybe they have a new product manager who
needs to get revenue up 10%.

Redline is what, $8/qt? Sigh, maybe i'll just bite the bullet and do the RL
at 6k intervals.

cheers
jim

On 4/30/07, Taka Mizutani <t44tqtro at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Jim- some answers below:
>
> On 4/30/07, thejimrose <thejimrose at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > so.. am i understanding this correctly that M1 is NOT a 'real' synthetic
> > because it uses a non-synthetic base?
>
>
> Basically, yes.
>
> crap. i've been paying 5$/qt for this stuff forever...
>
>
> It only changed last year, so you've only been fooled for the last year or
> so.
>
> and +1 on the i-5 thirst for 'lighter' oils. the a4 seems happy on m1 040.
> >
>
>
> Agreed on the M1 0W40 for the A4, that seems to be the best grade that
> I've used, but the formulation has changed now.
>
> so [god i hate asking this] what IS the best REASONABLY AVAILABLE
> > synthetic oil? I can only get the mainstream brands from the awful auto
> > 'parts' stores [kragen] here in San Francisco. i wish they'd call them auto
> > 'wax' stores since that's all they're good for.
>
>
> If you can still get Pennzoil Platinum from before the changeover, that is
> the best price/performance out there. Only 5W30, 10W30 and 0W20, though.
>
> If you don't mind paying $5-6 per quart, then German Castrol is one of the
> few still available- you can get it at Autozone- only 10W30 Syntec, and even
> then, you must check to see that it's made in Germany. All PAO base,
> confirmed by the oil geeks at BITOG.
>
> Taka
>



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