Re: Oil Article

[billfree@interlynx.net]

To Al

If synthetics are all that superior, why am I able to run my 5ktq for 280,000 
miles and not yet burn any visible oil. This car has been driven,as see a car of 
this class was designed to be driven. Red line is not something new to this car 
even today. It looks great, not just to me but nearly everyone who sees it. I do 
not tell everyone how far this car has traveled . This car will remain in my 
collection for a long time. As a side note it is an Avant.


BTW
I am condsidering selling my 1990 200 tq , full leather, pearl white, white 
wheels, 110,00 miles mint shape. Asking $  11,000. I am ordering new A8.

Bill

On Mon, 24 Jun 1996, "Al Powell" <APOWELL@agcom.tamu.edu> wrote:
>I read the post about Consumer Reports' article on oils - which I 
>HAVE read.  They said (paraphrased) that synthetics may be of benefit 
>for cars engines used in heavy or extreme service.
>
>I suggest to you folks that ANY vehicle with a turbocharger 
>automatically qualifies.  The heat and demands of a turbo are such 
>that IMO (and it ain't Humble in this respect) that running anything 
>but a synthetic in a turbo engine is UNwise!!
>
>Unfortunately, I think that the conservative nature of the Consumer 
>Reports folks will discourage many people who should be using
>synthetics from doing so.
>
>Says the infallibleleler, uh, infallibbbble, duh, infallible moi......
>
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