Factory fill
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If it meets oem specs, i don't care as i am dumping it withing 300 miles anyway. While i'm no fan of money going to china, is it worse than the middle east?
As long as it meets specs and is properly formulated who cares. Bottled in the USA doesn't mean anything as far as the product is concerned.
The same as any other components of the car. That 4 qts of oil is probably 0.01% of the total part contents, and will be dumped in 10K miles.
Wonder how's the factory fill different for them to ship it all the way from China, it can't be cheaper than your local stuff.
Wonder how's the factory fill different for them to ship it all the way from China, it can't be cheaper than your local stuff.
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Originally Posted By: PandaBear
Wonder how's the factory fill different for them to ship it all the way from China, it can't be cheaper than your local stuff.
actually it can. even with the high price of oil, and Diesel, it's all about the scale of the ships these days. esp container ships. for example, you buy a new TV that was made in China.
you will spend more in fuel moving that TV home, than was spent moving that TV across the ocean, and driving it across the country to (eventually) the store.
those ships are MASSIVE, with operational costs of several hundreds of thousands of dollars US per hour.
but they are large enough that they carry SO MUCH STUFF,that the transportation costs of any one specific item on board are negligible.
"economy of scale"
Wonder how's the factory fill different for them to ship it all the way from China, it can't be cheaper than your local stuff.
actually it can. even with the high price of oil, and Diesel, it's all about the scale of the ships these days. esp container ships. for example, you buy a new TV that was made in China.
you will spend more in fuel moving that TV home, than was spent moving that TV across the ocean, and driving it across the country to (eventually) the store.
those ships are MASSIVE, with operational costs of several hundreds of thousands of dollars US per hour.
but they are large enough that they carry SO MUCH STUFF,that the transportation costs of any one specific item on board are negligible.
"economy of scale"
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More China bashing.
wemay
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Originally Posted By: Oildudeny
How upset would it make you if most factory fill oil was supplied from China?
I couldn't care less.
How upset would it make you if most factory fill oil was supplied from China?
I couldn't care less.
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Originally Posted By: wemay
Originally Posted By: Oildudeny
How upset would it make you if most factory fill oil was supplied from China?
I could care less.
Couldn't. I've been working on this myself.
Originally Posted By: Oildudeny
How upset would it make you if most factory fill oil was supplied from China?
I could care less.
Couldn't. I've been working on this myself.
wemay
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^^Thanks, fixed it.
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Originally Posted By: wemay
I couldn't care less.
+1
I couldn't care less.
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Originally Posted By: Snagglefoot
More China bashing.
Only because they deserve it!
More China bashing.
Only because they deserve it!
Originally Posted By: JohnnyJohnson
Originally Posted By: Snagglefoot
More China bashing.
Only because they deserve it!
Originally Posted By: Snagglefoot
More China bashing.
Only because they deserve it!
Half the parts in your car are probably supplied from China and merely assembled in the US.
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