Originally Posted By: The Critic
The question is, what makes Royal Purple worth its price? How does it stand out from its competition? At its pricepoint, RP has some very tough competitors, such as Amsoil's tried-and-true SSO 0w-30. So tell me, NHHEMI, why should I pick your prized Royal Purple over other proven products?
1st of all RP has more than proved itself over the years. It is used by tons of professional race teams, engine builders, speed shops, etc... It is extremely popuular on almost every automotive forum there is as well with real world users not self professed oil experts like we have here. RP's real world performance takes a back seat to no oil. The way people here bash it you would think anyone who runs it would lose their engine every few days.
This site is full of haters for some reason. Also full of haters that haven't even used it( by their own admission ). A lot of RP's negative reputation here is based off that bashing and hate. IN any RP thread the Lemmings come out and run to the sea squeaking RP Bad, RP Bad, RP Bad...
It is one thing if you used it and had a bad experience. That happens with ANY oil. If you haven't used it then keep your pie hole closed. So many people on this site, where we should be smarter than that, are influenced by bogus claims and negative feedback from people with an agenda and/or who haven't even used the product. It is a joke! It is really a shame that people let others think for them. Oh, so and so on BITOG said RP is bad so it must be true and now whenever anyone asks about it I will save them from themselves and tell them how bad it is. I mean if it is said on BITOG than by god it must be true. Right?
The overwhelming vast majority of the claims made on this site about tons of bad UOA's, shearing, etc... are bogus or so over blown it is not even funny. Another member took the time to bring up all the RP UOA's and such and they were as good as any brand. Yet the perception here, fostered by the hate and baseless bashing, has this as a bad oil. I would answer your challenge above with show me where the other brands have proven themselves superior to RP?
As to price. RP costs me less than Amsoil( even XL ) and Redline. At times it is even less than individual qt prices of M1, PP, Synpower, etc... Even if I walked into a national chain locally and picked up a bottle as the guy ^^^ said it is less than the other botique brands.
I have run it for almost 2 decades in a ton of applications. It has performed at nothing but the highest level for me. Why would I not use it? Because some people on here think it is over priced or that there are supposedly all these bad UOA's here( NOT! ).
I don't tell people not to use brand X, Y, or Z. I don't bash and hate on othere brands. The obsession some have here with beating up on RP just blows me away. It is oil for god sake. There is no best oil for every one or every application. For me RP has worked and worked very well for basically 20 years. I have never had a problem using it. What more proof do I need? Should I stop using it and start bashing it because of a handful of people here that hate it?
