Anyone seen Maxlife Antifreeze?

[Coolant_Man]

Originally Posted By: 3311
Here is an interesting Zerex chart I just found. Pretty much reenforces the "old green" formula idea.

http://www.whitfieldoil.com/downloads/ZerexAntifreezeLineupChart.pdf

Looking at that chart, MaxLife's specifications are all covered by white jug Zerex so why make MaxLife? Valvoline loves wasting shelf space.

 

[mechanicx]

Maybe it was a marketing test to see if it would catch on like Prestone AM/AM? To do that I think you need to print extravagant claims and to sell it cheap at Wallymart. If Peak Global was on the shelfs there it'd probably become ubiquitous as Prestone AM/AM has.

I have more respect for Zerex. At least they try to manufacture different types of coolants that meet different cars' specification with Green, Dexcool, G-05, and AVF. They could've just label their cheap to make Dexcool AM/AM and cashed in like Prestone.

 

[3311]

My bad I just noticed in properties of the document link that it is from 2003. So the Maxlife formula may different/changed. The current pds says I posted above says its yellow.

 

[HTSS_TR]

Originally Posted By: mechanicx
Maybe it was a marketing test to see if it would catch on like Prestone AM/AM? To do that I think you need to print extravagant claims and to sell it cheap at Wallymart. If Peak Global was on the shelves there it'd probably become ubiquitous as Prestone AM/AM has.

I have more respect for Zerex. At least they try to manufacture different types of coolants that meet different cars' specification with Green, Dexcool, G-05, and AVF. They could've just label their cheap to make Dexcool AM/AM and cashed in like Prestone.

My local Walmarts had Peak Global in both concentrate and 50/50 some years ago for few $ more than Prestone AM/AM. It didn't sell very well so they dropped it, I bought a couple concentrate jugs on clearance for less than $5 each few years ago.

 

[mechanicx]

Well probably because if an antifreeze is a penny more than another no matter how good it might be the cheapskates that shop at Walmart won't buy it, and Walmart will stop carrying it.