OP here : For sake of arguement what I should have focused on is that Mobil 1 UOA’s or VOA’s can be deceiving just by looking at numbers alone (i.e. especially Moly if you don’t know the type of Moly used ?) Other additives may show low (or may not show up in a UOA or VOA at all) causing one to wrongly assume M1 oils compared to other brand oils make M1 oils not look so good …. The higher additive numbers must be better” hypothesis ? Now there is speculation that Mobil’s F1 racing oils use entirely new types of improved additives / formulations that will or have already made it into their consumer Triple Action oils may be better yet but still look plain in UOA / VOA reports … You end up with a “can’t judge a book by its cover” sort of thing going on with Mobil 1 UOA and VOA reports causing people to incorrectly think M1 oils again may not be so good . To end , I currently find Valvoline Restore and Protect intersting and may try it in the future . But day in and day out the Mobil 1 EP series or FS / ESP Euro SP conforming oils run at lower OCI’s (as long as I own Hyundai / Kia vehicles) is what I prefer to stay with .