smart approves Mobil 1

[homeslice]

Originally Posted by Padawan

Tell that to all the folks who've logged 500,000+ miles on their cars simply following the manufacturer's maintenance schedule and using that "terrible" conventional motor oil. Just imagine all the money they could have saved over the years if they'd only spent 3-4 times as much on synthetic instead.

It's completely the other way around. You can do 33 oil changes for every 100,000 miles of driving with dino oil or do approximately 4 to 6 using Amsoil.

You do the math. 33 oil changes @ a Jiffy Lube vs 4 to 6 times about $60 for the Amsoil... for the Smart it may even be much less.

[jwight]

Originally Posted by homeslice

It's completely the other way around. You can do 33 oil changes for every 100,000 miles of driving with dino oil or do approximately 4 to 6 using Amsoil.

You do the math. 33 oil changes @ a Jiffy Lube vs 4 to 6 times about $60 for the Amsoil... for the Smart it may even be much less.

...4 to 6 times about $60 for the Amsoil...

or to be fair, any other synthetic that meets the smart oil spec. Our last change cost $30 for Mobil 1 oil and filter plus $15 for the labor at a local oil change place.

[homeslice]

Originally Posted by jwight

or to be fair, any other synthetic that meets the smart oil spec. Our last change cost $30 for Mobil 1 oil and filter plus $15 for the labor at a local oil change place.

Other synthetics are not better than Amsoil and will cost more to use, eliminating the need to buy them. If other synthetics were identical, then yet, by all means use them, but they are not. Amsoil is superior to Mobil 1 and Castrol.

My last oil change was about $60 or so on my car (double the $$ of yours), but I have over 70,000 miles on my car and my oil has been changed only 4 times and my gas mileage has increased over 4 MPG. I would have changed it 24 times doing it the conventional way. Instead of using 144 quarts of dino oil, I only used 24 quarts of Amsoil. Not a bad deal.

So if you really want to get down to the details... think of it if I didn't use Amsoil and used whatever cheap dino oil I could buy at Walmart and change it every 3,000 miles like most people do...

I was getting 29 MPG before Amsoil. Do the math...

72,000 miles / 29 MPG x $2.10/gallon = $5,213 in fuel (the cheap oil route)

72,000 miles / 33.7 MPG x $2.10/gallon = $4,486 (The Amsoil way)

Amount saved in fuel so far: $727

That's much more than I paid for the Amsoil. That means all of my oil was FREE! The oil paid for itself.

This is why I keep preaching to people about it. It makes no sense to use other oils or other synthetics. Amsoil is cheaper and better than anything on some store shelf or any quick lube.

The only people who shouldn't be using Amsoil are the ones who simply don't know about it. Now that I've told you all about it, everyone here should be researching it and ordering it for their next oil change. Use it the way it's made to be used with the extended drain intervals and you will be amazed. Trust me. Every friend and relative I've ever got to switch, they all now rave about it.

[jwight]

Full disclosure here - I'm not pushing Mobil 1 nor saying Amsoil is worse [or better] than any other synthetic oil. I have no connection with Mobil 1 at all, other than being a satisfied customer.

Is your relationship with Amsoil the same?

This isn't about using dino oil - nobody's suggested that with their smart's (I hope.) It's about using whatever synthetic oil [meeting smart specs] floats your boat - Amsoil, Mobil 1, or something from another company. It's all good.

[Godfather]

Just what the world needs, another oil expert. (Not you Jwight)

[homeslice]

If you had the experiences with Mobil 1 that I have in the past, you would understand why I push Amsoil so much. All synthetics are not equal. And it's more than just what you read on the Internet.

If this was in the mid-1990's, I would agree with you (because back then I didn't know any better) when I was using Mobil 1 synthetic religiously.

It's like you drove Mustang GT's your whole life and you were just as happy saying how great the Mustang is. Then one day you got a Ferrari. Now all of a sudden, the Mustang GT isn't so hot as you thought. Now you know better as you've seen the light.

I wish I could find the document on how the guy went over 900,000 miles on Amsoil with 1% wear on his van. That's interesting... all the while changing his oil once every 25,000 miles.

[Godfather]

At the current price, I make it about 8 Mustang GT's for what one middling Ferrari costs. And I've got news for ya, dude. Once in a very great while a vehicle gets built with all the "right" parts, and lives nearly forever. And once in a while one gets built at 4:45 Friday with every crap part in the plant, and it falls apart enroute to the dealer. You like Amsoil, great. Celebrate it. But don't tell everyone else it's the do all end all. 'Cause I will guarantee you there are folks out there with Amsoil horror stories. One man's trash is another man's treasure.

[Old smart]

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