M1 switching to GTL with immediate effect

[Sam2000]

Apparently, Pennzoil have made such an impact with their PurePlus marketing, Mobil felt it necessary to switch to GTL ASAP!

More news can be found here along with the proposed rebranding and name change to "M1 with CleanGas Technology"

M1's GTL response to Pennzoil

 

[CarbonSteel]

Links goes to site map...

 

[Quattro Pete]

Originally Posted By: 2010_FX4
Links goes to site map...

4/1

 

[kschachn]

4/1, 4/2. Whatever it takes.

Originally Posted By: Quattro Pete

4/1

 

[CarbonSteel]

Originally Posted By: kschachn
4/1, 4/2. Whatever it takes.
Originally Posted By: Quattro Pete

4/1
I know...I was expecting something a bit funnier than that

 

[Realtech214]

Why can't people be happy with supertech?

 

[147_Grain]

April Fools!

 

[A_Harman]

Yeah, I figured that was an April Fools joke.

Mobil doesn't have a GTL plant of their own, and Shell is keeping GTL base stocks for their own use for now.

 

[Shannow]

Anyway, if BITOG lore is true, Mobile could buy a couple of the cheapo shell OTC oils to get all the GTL that they could desire.

 

[Garak]

Of course! It's already formulated and certified. They could buy all the PYB and QSGB they could find at $2 or $3 a quart, and mark it up as $7 a quart Mobil Super Synthetic or something, right?

 

[Shannow]

I'm sure that they could...whiteout (liquid paper) on the MSDS might be a giveaway 'though.

 

[Garak]

That's true. But if it were whiteout on a SOPUS data sheet, it might not even raise an eyebrow.

 

[benjy]

castrol are the real crooks! after getting the synthetic law changed and the BP pollution in the gulf, i buy nothing from them, not to mention john force's big mouth!!!

 

[Garak]

Now, now. There was no law about synthetic oil. All the oil companies have done big whoppers. John Force would have a big mouth with or without Castrol.

 

[FetchFar]

BP (Castrol) gulf oil spill, the Exxon Valdez Alaska wreck-spill, they all have oil (red oil) on their hands!

 

[FetchFar]

Originally Posted By: Realtech214
Why can't people be happy with supertech?

Some of us want The Best. I'm not convinced that the Warren-sourced Supertech is the best I can do. ... Think of this as racing F1: Isn't being better/faster worth something?

 

[Garak]

In F1, a tenth of a second better lap time is significant. In day to day life, the difference between one SN/GF-5 oil and another is usually inconsequential.

 

[yvon_la]

oh mobil probably have oil that can compete but not on the same price range!

 

[benjy]

mobil used their own group IV real synthetic oil for their "synthetics" before the castrol $$$$ deal clouding what is really synthetic FOREVER!!

 

[Garak]

Mobil still uses Group IV base stocks where needed, and, if I remember correctly, is still the world's largest producer of Group IV stocks. Group IV base stocks aren't needed to meet most ACEA specifications, let alone get an ILSAC rating. Given the supply situation, if every oil on the market that were labeled synthetic had over 50% PAO, I doubt that most of us could afford to use them.