Mobil 1 0w40 vs Total 9000 5W40
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If you can actually get Total, try it
Nice to see an oil that isn't the same thing everyone else uses. I've never seen any Total oil on a US store shelf. And I've seen PUP *and* I've even seen Amsoil, but never Total
Nice to see an oil that isn't the same thing everyone else uses. I've never seen any Total oil on a US store shelf. And I've seen PUP *and* I've even seen Amsoil, but never Total
Originally Posted By: slacktide_bitog
If you can actually get Total, try it
Nice to see an oil that isn't the same thing everyone else uses. I've never seen any Total oil on a US store shelf. And I've seen PUP *and* I've even seen Amsoil, but never Total
OT:
http://www.totalspecialties.com/find-us-b2c.html
If you can actually get Total, try it
Nice to see an oil that isn't the same thing everyone else uses. I've never seen any Total oil on a US store shelf. And I've seen PUP *and* I've even seen Amsoil, but never Total
OT:
http://www.totalspecialties.com/find-us-b2c.html
Originally Posted By: slacktide_bitog
If you can actually get Total, try it
Nice to see an oil that isn't the same thing everyone else uses. I've never seen any Total oil on a US store shelf. And I've seen PUP *and* I've even seen Amsoil, but never Total
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If you can actually get Total, try it
Nice to see an oil that isn't the same thing everyone else uses. I've never seen any Total oil on a US store shelf. And I've seen PUP *and* I've even seen Amsoil, but never Total
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Originally Posted By: 1JZ_E46
Mobil 1 0W-40 is a hard oil to beat, and it’s a [censored] of a value. Total may be worse than the Mobil 1 and it costs more.
I do not know is it "worse" then Mobil 1 if it meets MB229.5.
This FS Mobil 1 is IMO unimpressive in all aspects.
Mobil 1 0W-40 is a hard oil to beat, and it’s a [censored] of a value. Total may be worse than the Mobil 1 and it costs more.
I do not know is it "worse" then Mobil 1 if it meets MB229.5.
This FS Mobil 1 is IMO unimpressive in all aspects.
Originally Posted By: edyvw
Originally Posted By: 1JZ_E46
Mobil 1 0W-40 is a hard oil to beat, and it’s a [censored] of a value. Total may be worse than the Mobil 1 and it costs more.
I do not know is it "worse" then Mobil 1 if it meets MB229.5.
This FS Mobil 1 is IMO unimpressive in all aspects.
Is the FS Mobil 1 the gold label 0W40?
What I have in my stock is the grey label "European Car Forumla" is this the better version? Its getting replaced?
thanks
Originally Posted By: 1JZ_E46
Mobil 1 0W-40 is a hard oil to beat, and it’s a [censored] of a value. Total may be worse than the Mobil 1 and it costs more.
I do not know is it "worse" then Mobil 1 if it meets MB229.5.
This FS Mobil 1 is IMO unimpressive in all aspects.
Is the FS Mobil 1 the gold label 0W40?
What I have in my stock is the grey label "European Car Forumla" is this the better version? Its getting replaced?
thanks
I was just going to post about this "Total" oil and ask what it's all about? I noticed it today just scrolling through the Part Source weekly flyer and wondered if it was new, where it came from, etc? I noticed the price and thought to myself, its a pretty stout price for something that is new on the market, but maybe its not new at all?
http://www.partsource.ca/en/flyer.html
http://www.partsource.ca/en/flyer.html
Originally Posted By: edyvw
I do not know is it "worse" then Mobil 1 if it meets MB229.5.
This FS Mobil 1 is IMO unimpressive in all aspects.
Not saying it's worse, just saying it is seldom used here due to availability. I'd rather choose something that I know has a good track record. Mobil 1 0W-40 FS has lots of reviews and used oil analysis here and seems pretty solid (almost as good as it once was)... plus it's ~$4-5 per quart and readily available. If Total was the same price, I'd say go for it.
I do not know is it "worse" then Mobil 1 if it meets MB229.5.
This FS Mobil 1 is IMO unimpressive in all aspects.
Not saying it's worse, just saying it is seldom used here due to availability. I'd rather choose something that I know has a good track record. Mobil 1 0W-40 FS has lots of reviews and used oil analysis here and seems pretty solid (almost as good as it once was)... plus it's ~$4-5 per quart and readily available. If Total was the same price, I'd say go for it.
Originally Posted By: 1JZ_E46
Originally Posted By: edyvw
I do not know is it "worse" then Mobil 1 if it meets MB229.5.
This FS Mobil 1 is IMO unimpressive in all aspects.
Not saying it's worse, just saying it is seldom used here due to availability. I'd rather choose something that I know has a good track record. Mobil 1 0W-40 FS has lots of reviews and used oil analysis here and seems pretty solid (almost as good as it once was)... plus it's ~$4-5 per quart and readily available. If Total was the same price, I'd say go for it.
Mobil 1 FS doesn't even hold BMW LL-01 any more, while the TOTAL does. On TOTAL's TDS they don't claim that it is a full synthetic, just that it is "synthetic technology."
If you're gonna go with expensive French oil, go with Motul.
Originally Posted By: edyvw
I do not know is it "worse" then Mobil 1 if it meets MB229.5.
This FS Mobil 1 is IMO unimpressive in all aspects.
Not saying it's worse, just saying it is seldom used here due to availability. I'd rather choose something that I know has a good track record. Mobil 1 0W-40 FS has lots of reviews and used oil analysis here and seems pretty solid (almost as good as it once was)... plus it's ~$4-5 per quart and readily available. If Total was the same price, I'd say go for it.
Mobil 1 FS doesn't even hold BMW LL-01 any more, while the TOTAL does. On TOTAL's TDS they don't claim that it is a full synthetic, just that it is "synthetic technology."
If you're gonna go with expensive French oil, go with Motul.
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Originally Posted By: 1JZ_E46
Originally Posted By: Flying_A
If you're gonna go with expensive French oil, go with Motul.
Agreed. However, I'll pass on French anything. Except maybe some fries.
Haha that's not really fair... Contrary to popular belief the French are pretty innovative and are responsible for a ton of high-tech stuff in the automotive and motorsport sector.
Originally Posted By: Flying_A
If you're gonna go with expensive French oil, go with Motul.
Agreed. However, I'll pass on French anything. Except maybe some fries.
Haha that's not really fair... Contrary to popular belief the French are pretty innovative and are responsible for a ton of high-tech stuff in the automotive and motorsport sector.
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Originally Posted By: Flying_A
Haha that's not really fair... Contrary to popular belief the French are pretty innovative and are responsible for a ton of high-tech stuff in the automotive and motorsport sector.
Haha fair enough. I’ll still pass on Total, though! Hard to justify the premium.
Haha that's not really fair... Contrary to popular belief the French are pretty innovative and are responsible for a ton of high-tech stuff in the automotive and motorsport sector.
Haha fair enough. I’ll still pass on Total, though! Hard to justify the premium.
Nothign wrong with Total, they have some solid products and in South / Central Europe they outsell Mobil 1 by A LOT.
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Hard to do business with FCPA winners … one of the largest fines in history for bribes with Iran … so much for sanctions
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Originally Posted By: 4WD
Hard to do business with FCPA winners … one of the largest fines in history for bribes with Iran … so much for sanctions
“In the fourth biggest FCPA case ever, French oil giant Total S.A. agreed Wednesday to pay $398 million in penalties and disgorgement for bribing an Iran official.”
Your statement checks out.
Hard to do business with FCPA winners … one of the largest fines in history for bribes with Iran … so much for sanctions
“In the fourth biggest FCPA case ever, French oil giant Total S.A. agreed Wednesday to pay $398 million in penalties and disgorgement for bribing an Iran official.”
Your statement checks out.
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Originally Posted By: 4WD
Hard to do business with FCPA winners … one of the largest fines in history for bribes with Iran … so much for sanctions
LOL, I am not sure we are innocent on that front either.
Hard to do business with FCPA winners … one of the largest fines in history for bribes with Iran … so much for sanctions
LOL, I am not sure we are innocent on that front either.
edyvw
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Originally Posted By: 1JZ_E46
Originally Posted By: edyvw
I do not know is it "worse" then Mobil 1 if it meets MB229.5.
This FS Mobil 1 is IMO unimpressive in all aspects.
Not saying it's worse, just saying it is seldom used here due to availability. I'd rather choose something that I know has a good track record. Mobil 1 0W-40 FS has lots of reviews and used oil analysis here and seems pretty solid (almost as good as it once was)... plus it's ~$4-5 per quart and readily available. If Total was the same price, I'd say go for it.
Total is not that present in US, but it is shoulder to shoulder with Mobil 1, Castrol, Shell etc.
Originally Posted By: edyvw
I do not know is it "worse" then Mobil 1 if it meets MB229.5.
This FS Mobil 1 is IMO unimpressive in all aspects.
Not saying it's worse, just saying it is seldom used here due to availability. I'd rather choose something that I know has a good track record. Mobil 1 0W-40 FS has lots of reviews and used oil analysis here and seems pretty solid (almost as good as it once was)... plus it's ~$4-5 per quart and readily available. If Total was the same price, I'd say go for it.
Total is not that present in US, but it is shoulder to shoulder with Mobil 1, Castrol, Shell etc.
Originally Posted By: 1JZ_E46
Originally Posted By: 4WD
Hard to do business with FCPA winners … one of the largest fines in history for bribes with Iran … so much for sanctions
“In the fourth biggest FCPA case ever, French oil giant Total S.A. agreed Wednesday to pay $398 million in penalties and disgorgement for bribing an Iran official.”
Your statement checks out.
And Exxon-Mobil and BP and such other oil companies have never done anything wrong right?
Oil companies are some of the most shady evil corporations there are.
Originally Posted By: 4WD
Hard to do business with FCPA winners … one of the largest fines in history for bribes with Iran … so much for sanctions
“In the fourth biggest FCPA case ever, French oil giant Total S.A. agreed Wednesday to pay $398 million in penalties and disgorgement for bribing an Iran official.”
Your statement checks out.
And Exxon-Mobil and BP and such other oil companies have never done anything wrong right?
Oil companies are some of the most shady evil corporations there are.
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