The Californian laws targeted stuff like this that has no place being on the shelves...but hit a lot of decent speciality oils as a result.
This IS selling a deceptive product...yes labelling it SA, when the vast majority of users have no idea about the SAE, API, or the like is trying to get out of it, but it won't.
Per the label...
Premium implies quality, advertising fluff
10W40 - there was no such thing in 1930, so again, it's suggesting a level of modernity with it.
General purpose automotive lubricant...they will use that to suggest it's door hinges.
Provides oxidation and corrosion protection of engine parts (note they don't state for your pre 1930 engine, which I believe that they COULD use as a defence for end user misapplication)
Excellent and durable lubrication for car and truck engines (again, they don't state that it's not for anything past 1930)
"Older Cars" would lead anyone to think that being on the shelf, they mean the older cars that they are likely to encounter, not a 1930s vehicle.
They are intentionally creating an product and packaging that would lead the average person (note in Oz law, it's an average consumer that's the test, not a BITOGer, Terry Dyson, or oil company engineer that's the test subject) to incorrectly believe that it's appropriate for at least some of the cars in the carpark outside the store.
This IS selling a deceptive product...yes labelling it SA, when the vast majority of users have no idea about the SAE, API, or the like is trying to get out of it, but it won't.
Per the label...
Premium implies quality, advertising fluff
10W40 - there was no such thing in 1930, so again, it's suggesting a level of modernity with it.
General purpose automotive lubricant...they will use that to suggest it's door hinges.
Provides oxidation and corrosion protection of engine parts (note they don't state for your pre 1930 engine, which I believe that they COULD use as a defence for end user misapplication)
Excellent and durable lubrication for car and truck engines (again, they don't state that it's not for anything past 1930)
"Older Cars" would lead anyone to think that being on the shelf, they mean the older cars that they are likely to encounter, not a 1930s vehicle.
They are intentionally creating an product and packaging that would lead the average person (note in Oz law, it's an average consumer that's the test, not a BITOGer, Terry Dyson, or oil company engineer that's the test subject) to incorrectly believe that it's appropriate for at least some of the cars in the carpark outside the store.