Originally Posted By: kschachn
Originally Posted By: Jooksing
I have been using M1 for 4 years because it was held in high regard by everyone until my recent car heart attack. I have not heard about half of the brands you guys talk about so I am open to testing other stuff. Someone in Slickdeals told me it was not a "real" synthetic which peaked my interest...love the name btw.
After that entire (ultimately locked) thread you still think that was M1 in the sump? Are you serious?
I can agree to that it is not what M1. Is supposed to be. But not agreeing that it is not XOM fault. I got it out of their sealed bottle.
Originally Posted By: BJD78
I will ask my 18 yr old HS Sr. daughter about synthetic, she is at that age where she knows everything. People have been using conventional oil for decades without blowing up in their engines, millions of vehicles on the road today with over 300K miles with plain jane conventional oil. Don't get me wrong, synthetic oil has its advantages but let's not drink the whole jug of synthetic cool aid. For the vast majority of vehicles plain dino oil is more than adequate. If I lived in an extreme cold climate like Canada or extreme heat climate like Kuwait I would likely switch to a synthetic or at least a semi synthetic. Manufactures like to play on words when describing their products. Synthetic or 100% synthetic should be the same thing. Then there are semi synthetics , are they 50% synthetic, 20% synthetic , 75% synthetic? or do they add 10% and call it good. Similar to games that grocery products use with juice, orange juice might be 100% juice or it might be 50% juice, anything less than 10% and by law they call it an orange drink. seems like that if M1 states that it is synthetic then it should be, unless they are lying. There was a lawsuit a few years back between Mobil and Castro, Mobil was claiming that Castrol wasn't really a true synthetic.
That is what the article is about, the types and lawsuit...
I would think your 18year old will say oil is just oil.
