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Originally Posted By: Trav Originally Posted By: edyvw Originally Posted By: aquariuscsm What I wonder is why in the world would someone go through the trouble to produce a counterfeit motor oil? Really? Look at this! There is huge money in it. We had a busy station near Boston refilling M1...

Originally Posted By: Wolf359 There are many other factors that can lead to increased fuel economy, not just oil. If it were the US, I'd say it's the difference between winter and summer gas. Gas mileage is typically better with summer gas. I agree. The mpg difference is between newly added oil...

Originally Posted By: Quattro Pete Originally Posted By: Bellinghamster In fact, many fake oil are made of filtered used oil Well, at least they recycle. But not rerefining. God only know what in it exactly

The enginebay will smell like french chips. In fact, many fake oil are made of filtered used oil

Originally Posted By: Quattro Pete Originally Posted By: Bellinghamster More than 90% in the market are fake mobil. OK, but they only started noticing fuel economy improvements with this latest batch? What oil were they using before? Non-fake M1? Some other oil? This story has so many holes in...

Originally Posted By: Quattro Pete Originally Posted By: Bellinghamster But considered 30% overall import tax levied on motor oil, i suspect it's not authentic. And China is indeed flooded with fake Mobil oil. If it's too good to be true, it probably is. What is the price for authentic M1...

Originally Posted By: 4wheeldog Originally Posted By: Bellinghamster Originally Posted By: 4wheeldog 7.7 per what? Liter? Quart? Gallon? 5 quart jug? I doubt it is authentic. And I doubt that the oil has much to do with a change in fuel economy. Good oil vs. bad generally takes a lot longer...

Originally Posted By: 4wheeldog 7.7 per what? Liter? Quart? Gallon? 5 quart jug? I doubt it is authentic. And I doubt that the oil has much to do with a change in fuel economy. Good oil vs. bad generally takes a lot longer than that, to show up as change in fuel consumption. It's 1qt bottle...

Hi there, Some of my friends in China recently bought lot of Mobil1 0w40 from an online store. The oil is on sale for about USD~7.7, and claimed it's imported from US, and it looks identical as ours. But considered 30% overall import tax levied on motor oil, i suspect it's not authentic. And...

Originally Posted By: KrisZ Originally Posted By: Bellinghamster Originally Posted By: Garak Originally Posted By: Bellinghamster I am really curious about the real margin rate for motor oil. I don't have all the information, but I do know that our big retailers like a markup of over 100% on...

Originally Posted By: Garak Originally Posted By: Bellinghamster I am really curious about the real margin rate for motor oil. I don't have all the information, but I do know that our big retailers like a markup of over 100% on motor oil. I know I get my Delvac 1 from the distributor at less...

Originally Posted By: SirTanon Well, there's something like this: 55 Gal Drum of Sunoco Synth Blend for $331 + Shipping Which is still around $533 including shipping, at least for me. At that price, I'm looking at about $2.42 per quart. Not a bad price, sure... but I can find better if I...

Originally Posted By: Gene K I don't know about oil but I do know the markup on filters is rediculous. Motorcraft FL2062 Big Name Autoparts - $18.99 Large Discount Store - $9.02 Motorcraft Distributor - $5.05 at Retail not Wholesale. I am really curious about the real margin rate for...

Originally Posted By: krismoriah72 I inquired into it when i owned a garage and did about 500 gallons of oil/week. In simple terms i was told that walmart/parts stores buy 10000s of truckloads of oil/yr and was on a different pricing tier than a man needing x/gallons/yr.. In some cases some...

Actually I am looking to buy 10s thousands qt per batch.