COOL!
Well let me be the first then.. I hate Amsoil and I will never use their products. I hate companies that sell their products based on pyramid schemes or use fear marketing targeted at seniors.
Most of Amsoil products are not test or certified by third party engineers... Almost every other oil is. Most car warranties require that you use an SAE validated oil... in the past Amsoil has refused this testing because it:
1) was too expensive,
2) would uncover trade secrets,
3) or was considered to be a useless test
Instead Amsoil prefers a "just trust us" policy.
My grandfather bought into the Amsoil pressure tactics about 15 years ago... A friend of a friend forced him to buy almost a years worth of oil at over 10X the fair price of oil on the argument that it last 20X longer...
Gramps did not get better mileage, did not get better performance but he did get a high pressure sales pitch from the distant family friend in 10 months. When he said he was going to switch back to regular oil the Amsoil salesman switched to scare tactics... Things like "You can't mix regular and synthetics" (which is BS). If you stop using it you will void the Amsoil warranty (which is an issue cause amsoil already voided the factory warranty) etc etc. When Gramps told the family friend his grandson, who knows a lot about cars, said he was wasting money on amsoil... I got a call from the "local distributor" telling me to butt out of the deal he was cooking with my grandfather. "he had a right to sell his product to whoever he wanted, that I should keep my opinions to myself, and what my grandfather did was none of my business".
That exchange made me instantly one of the biggest "anti" fans of Amsoil.
I would rather run a dry crankcase then use their products.
Seriously though... If you decide to run a synthetic...
Go with what GM and the other OE's pick.
Mobil1.
Easier to get, cheaper, and NO high pressure BS.
I was always suspicious of any oil that claimed 25 thou lifespan.
For one thing, how much money do you save by skipping (for example, two 8,000 mile O&Fs w/M1 or Ryl Purple?) a couple of oil changes?
How much money does a new engine cost because you ran O&F for 25K?
I simply do not believe there is an oil filter that is good for 25,000 miles. That on its face is absurd, yet I know a reasonably intellyjint (well, he did vote for Klingon) colleague who bought the
'soil story hook, line, and sinker.
I fail to see the cost/benefits coming out on the positive side of the grid.
If in fact 'soil markets with those tactics, then that is the final deal killer for me. As I said, 25K on the face is ridiculous, but marketing reveals a company's ethical background IMO and pressure and bullying tactics will send me away.
Not only will I never return, but I will gladly exercise my
first amendment rights to discuss my opinion of the product and the company with others who care to ask.
As for a local distributor phoning you and essentially threatening you for speaking with your grandfather, perhaps another phone call is in order...to the county prosecuting attorney or the coppers.
Get the next one on tape.
I will be sticking with dino or M1 or RP for the foreseeable future.
In addition, the relationship with Mobil 1 has also helped Corvette drive to the winner's circle on the international race circuit again and again. Since 1998, GM Corvette Racing has won the top GT class in the grueling 24-hour Le Mans five times and recorded 51 race victories and six manufacturers' championship victories in the American Le Mans Series, using the LS7.R Corvette engine filled with Mobil 1. In 2006, a Mobil 1-filled LS7.R engine was also named the Global Motorsport Engine of the Year at the inaugural Professional Motorsport World Expo in Cologne, Germany.
