I just put in the "new euro formula" into our 325iT. It said "Made in Germany," though.
New USA 0W30 Castrol ( AC ???)
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A few years ago they said the same thing about North America 0w30 and German Castrol 0w30. of course back than they were not even the same color. I have not seen GC at local AZ for more than a year now. All they seem to have is the much less desirable North America 0w30.
Thing is the study showed that GC was not just simply a POA with an additive pack, it is a blend of PAO and Ester formulas that makes it special. And if it were to blended here I do not trust the American blenders to use the same formulation even if they had it sitting right in front of them with connect the dots instructions, they would look at all that very expensive ester and say, we don't need all that, I can save some cost and not use as much of this high price stuff and put in some nice GIII instead. The american driving public will never know the difference.
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Sounds like a new round of hoarding the German bottles will begin this weekend. My planned future use of GC in my Colorado 4X4 is now officially on hold.
This could be Castrol's "New Coke" decision.
So much blind speculation that the sky is falling and so few facts to back it up. Geez, people, take a chill pill.
i went to three autozones today. no new usa formula. just gc gold and some green and some old usa stuff.
Shoot Ray, no need for a chill pill here! With one-hundred-thirty-something quarts of lovely green-ness stashed in my garage, my office, and my BOQ, threads like this are mere amusement to me. That said, I did happen by a couple Pensacola area AZ stores this weekend. All stock was gold, no pre-GC, no green, and none of this possibly mythical new "AC" either.
Even if this new AC stuff does appear, I'll probably pass on it, moving on to RL or Mobil 1 Extended Performance. I'm just not into that AC-GC lifestyle thing. . .
So, are you just sitting back and laughing at the drama you caused. This is all a hoax. GC is still GC. The only USA made Castrol 0w30 was made back in 2001.
i'm believing Coop, not 007. it's too disturbing to accept what 007 has suggested. if it's not 'made in germany' i'm gonna pass on it too. the title of this forum would have to change if gc wasn't a euro/import anymore.
I would be very interested in funding another study on this oil so we could see how it compares to GC Green and GC Gold. With all the post this has received - there are probably quite a few others that would agree.
I'm pretty new to this site so I wasn't here when you guys did your last analysis of Gold - any way to get this rolling again - how much did it cost? How long did it take?
Could someone upload pictures of this so we have proof of this new "American GC?" I'll stop by AutoZone sometime this week and see if there are any as my AZs sell their GC stock consistently every week.
I'm pretty new to this site so I wasn't here when you guys did your last analysis of Gold - any way to get this rolling again - how much did it cost? How long did it take?
Could someone upload pictures of this so we have proof of this new "American GC?" I'll stop by AutoZone sometime this week and see if there are any as my AZs sell their GC stock consistently every week.
I missed the in-depth analysis too. BTW it was Green GC tested not Gold.
If the US-made 0w30 Syntec turns to be the real deal, I'm pretty sure this board members will have no problems funding the analysis.
The question is: who will perform the tests?
If the US-made 0w30 Syntec turns to be the real deal, I'm pretty sure this board members will have no problems funding the analysis.
The question is: who will perform the tests?
Can Blackstone do it?
Just got back from a couple of AZ and it still has the yellow banner with red letters saying "Euro Formula" and made in Germany on the back with the red banner sae 0w30 also.
No USA made stuff found...
No USA made stuff found...
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