Does the bottle tell the story ?

[Merkava_4]

Looking at pictures of red Motorcraft bottles on the internet last night, I suddenly noticed that the Motorcraft bottles looked strikingly similar to the Union 76 bottles I have on the shelf in the garage. "Could it be the molded in hashmarks?" I thought to myself. So I went out to the garage and checked. Sure enough, my Union 76 bottles have hashmarks too!

 

[pbm]

They are both Conoco products and if not identical they are very similar.

 

[53' Stude]

+1 pbm

 

[Merkava_4]

Motorcraft at Walmart $4.37
Union 76 at Winco $2.98

 

[53' Stude]

How bout some Trop Artic $1.99 at Orschelins??

 

[Merkava_4]

No Orschelins over here.

 

[sicko]

Union 76 and Trop Artic consistently put up good UOAs, I wouldn't hesitate to use either one of those if they were available to me at a good price. MC used to be available at a good price, but the price has slowly crept up over the past few years, and although it's not overpriced, I just don't feel it's as great of a value as it used to be.

 

[53' Stude]

Merkava, a Google search shows some Sam's Club have it

 

[slacktide_bitog]

Yes, they are similar if not the same. Also, Kendall

 

[bbhero]

Good eye Merk

Can't say you are Ray Charles.

 

[53' Stude]

Hahaha! You're not right Bbhero! ;-)

 

[Falken]

When I look at my PYB 5L jug, Pennzoil Ultra, and CT Motomaster Formula 1 Synthetic jugs, it shows how little is done to hide that the CT oil is Shell.

It is my next fill, got it dirt cheap boxing day a few years ago.

 

[Kruse]

Originally Posted By: slacktide_bitog
Yes, they are similar if not the same. Also, Kendall

Yep. I got a bottle of Kendall GT-1 (with liquid titanium!) on my desk. The bottle looks identical except for the color and the label.

 

[Nick1994]

 

[dishdude]

^^^ LOL!!!!!!!

 

[Drosselmier]

Originally Posted By: Merkava_4
Motorcraft at Walmart $4.37
Union 76 at Winco $2.98

You guys are very fortunate to get oil at such low prices. Walmart oil here in Ontario, Supertech is only $1.00 cheaper than name brands. It has a different name here. Can't remember it.

 

[bbhero]

Yeah never claim to be

Ray was the man though. Top ten best singers of all time in my book.

 

[lukethedork]

So if two products have the same shape Tetra Pak that means they contain the same food or drink?
It couldn't be that these companies specialise in making food (or oil) and outsource the packaging?......
You may have a new career guessing what is inside cardboard boxes just by measuring their shape and size. This would confirm that two boxes the same contain the same item just with different labeling!

NEWS FLASH THIS JUST IN: Sprite and Coca Cola may be the same drink with different coloring. They both have the same bottle so what other conclusion could one come to?

 

[Falken]

hahaha! Roundup photo was great

 

[priler]

AAHH,..but you see the Union 76 oil is much better because it's "SUPER",lol. it says so right on the bottle,so it must be true.

derp.