Originally Posted by BigShug681
Originally Posted by Shannow
Originally Posted by BigShug681
My favorite argument for why people hate amsoil is the "they don't tell you what base stock they use" which suddenly makes them shady. Seems like a lot of folks trust valvolines fully synthetic claim but can't trust Amsoil's 100% synthetic...
No...
what I say is that by refusing the "cheap as dirt" API certification, amsoil therefore don't have to re-test when they change base-stocks...they can buy whatever they want, at the cheapest price, and sell their refusal as refusing to be "neutered"...a certificated oil HAS to abide by the base oil interchange rules...amsoil doesn't.
But the drinkers of the koolaid swallow it hook line and sinker.
I mean this argument only holds true with SS, The OE and XL are both API certified. Redline, I believe, is not API certified along with a few other oils and yet hardly any one ever goes nuclear as if though someone's choice of oil actually hurt them in some way. If you don't like amsoil that's fine but why do you attack the people who do? It's literally just oil, you chose the oil you like and I chose mine but because I like amsoil that automatically makes me stupid? Only you say it in a passive aggressive way. Maybe you shouldn't let what other people like bother you so much and just use your oil of choice and just be happy.
What gets me is the bashing that goes on yet none of these turkey's can provide proof where it didn't live up to what was claimed. Heck we have lots of UOA's here after many miles with bypass and non-bypass setups showing the lubricant is holding up. We even have high mileage engines here run on Amsoil. Yet the bashing continues. What's even worse is the company is a true American Icon of a story, with all the offshoring going on you would think this would hold some weight as well.
I mean 40 years of ever increasing sales and being a great employer to the folks in Wisconsin and that just gets tossed to the side because these folks "choose" not to like their marketing and "choose" to bash it because of "Insert Excuse Here" oh and because they use MLM instead of traditional distribution models. That's just insane IMO and really shows the ridiculousness of some folks here.
Not saying anyone should use it or buy it, but stop with the nonsense and bashing for no legitimate substantiated reason. Like constantly bringing up the 4-ball wear test as their main test which it isn't and using 14 year old comparison links that are flawed and not proper lab controlled and proper sample sizes.