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#1656637 - 11/03/09 11:40 AM Anyone remember the Pennzoil Purebase commercials
JustinC25 Offline


Registered: 08/19/04
Posts: 338
Loc: NH
Just wondering what they were about, and why they don't advertise Purebase any more.
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#1656663 - 11/03/09 11:59 AM Re: Anyone remember the Pennzoil Purebase commercials [Re: JustinC25]
pbm Online   content


Registered: 04/19/04
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Loc: New York
My guess is that Pennzoil was one of the first to use group II+ base oil and they called it 'Purebase'. Now that a lot of other oil companies use it Pennzoil stopped since they are no longer unique.
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#1656685 - 11/03/09 12:21 PM Re: Anyone remember the Pennzoil Purebase commercials [Re: pbm]
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Registered: 06/06/06
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I don't think I've ever seen a pennzoil commercial. Lots of Castrol commercials over the years.
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#1656719 - 11/03/09 12:55 PM Re: Anyone remember the Pennzoil Purebase commercials [Re: webfors]
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Pennzoil and Connoco teamed up in the late 90s and built a refinery to produce Group II base oil using hydrocracker technology licensed from Chevron. The base oil produced at that refinery was called "PureBase" by Pennzoil and "HydroClear" by Connoco.
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#1656746 - 11/03/09 01:30 PM Re: Anyone remember the Pennzoil Purebase commercials [Re: G-MAN]
pbm Online   content


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Loc: New York
'hydrocracker' = a caucasion swimmer
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#1656748 - 11/03/09 01:33 PM Re: Anyone remember the Pennzoil Purebase commercials [Re: pbm]
lexus114 Offline


Registered: 05/12/08
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Loc: Lehigh Valley,Pa
Originally Posted By: pbm
'hydrocracker' = a caucasion swimmer


Oh man,that was good! grin
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#1657072 - 11/03/09 06:40 PM Re: Anyone remember the Pennzoil Purebase commercials [Re: webfors]
hpichris Offline


Registered: 06/13/09
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Originally Posted By: webfors
I don't think I've ever seen a pennzoil commercial. Lots of Castrol commercials over the years.



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#1657168 - 11/03/09 08:03 PM Re: Anyone remember the Pennzoil Purebase commercials [Re: hpichris]
WTJackalope Offline


Registered: 09/26/05
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Loc: Odessa, TX
Actually "hydrocracker" would be a swimming caucasion

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#1657190 - 11/03/09 08:19 PM Re: Anyone remember the Pennzoil Purebase commercials [Re: WTJackalope]
Dupree Offline


Registered: 05/17/07
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ah good times I remember using Pennzoil Pure base good times good times
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#1657197 - 11/03/09 08:23 PM Re: Anyone remember the Pennzoil Purebase commercials [Re: Dupree]
FastSUV Offline


Registered: 01/18/09
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Loc: oklahoma
Originally Posted By: WTJackalope
Actually "hydrocracker" would be a swimming caucasion


Why is it okay to make a joke like that about caucasians? If you had done the same thing about a non-caucasian then everyone would be offended...

back 2 oil now plz...
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#1657238 - 11/03/09 08:46 PM Re: Anyone remember the Pennzoil Purebase commercials [Re: WTJackalope]
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Registered: 02/14/09
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[quote=WTJackalope]Actually "hydrocracker" would be a swimming caucasion [/quote
Now That is funny LMAO
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#1657293 - 11/03/09 09:23 PM Re: Anyone remember the Pennzoil Purebase commercials [Re: 2003f7]
gj Offline


Registered: 03/24/05
Posts: 334
Loc: Newbern VA USA
Didn't Pennzoil used to say "the tough film oil" on the bottle?

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#1657582 - 11/04/09 07:36 AM Re: Anyone remember the Pennzoil Purebase commercials [Re: FastSUV]
G-MAN Online   content


Registered: 11/15/02
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Loc: SC
Originally Posted By: FastSUV
Originally Posted By: WTJackalope
Actually "hydrocracker" would be a swimming caucasion


Why is it okay to make a joke like that about caucasians? If you had done the same thing about a non-caucasian then everyone would be offended...


And the poster would have been banned. smirk
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#1658382 - 11/04/09 06:39 PM Re: Anyone remember the Pennzoil Purebase commercials [Re: G-MAN]
milwaukee Offline


Registered: 05/24/06
Posts: 649
Loc: east TN
Originally Posted By: G-MAN
Originally Posted By: FastSUV
Originally Posted By: WTJackalope
Actually "hydrocracker" would be a swimming caucasion


Why is it okay to make a joke like that about caucasians? If you had done the same thing about a non-caucasian then everyone would be offended...


And the poster would have been banned. smirk



On this site they would edited by the mods THEN banned.

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#1658817 - 11/05/09 12:05 AM Re: Anyone remember the Pennzoil Purebase commerci [Re: JustinC25]
AWESOMO4000 Offline


Registered: 07/01/09
Posts: 28
Loc: Michigan
I wonder why the didn't name Pennzoil Platinum, Pennzoil FreeBase, since so many here get high as a kite on it.

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