I don't think that indicates that they have the right to blend something under the Mobil 1 moniker, simply that Mobil is a customer and that they blend products for them. These are likely products where it's more cost effective than for Mobil to do it in-house, which I wouldn't think would include Mobil 1.
I’m sure you could drop them an email for further clarification. I’m ok with the information provided via the web. I worked for a beverage/canning company years back and I’ll tell you name brand and store brand were the same only thing changed on the canning line were the labels. You think green giant has their own farms vs great value. Same could go for oil blending and bottling oil and lubricants
That's not really the same thing though, Mobil is one of the world's largest producers of base stocks, while Warren blends other people's base stocks with commodity additive packages that come from Infineum (Mobil/SOPUS), Afton, Lubrizol, Oronite (Chevron)...etc.
No need to get hostile I never stated it was fact. If I recall a few posts back I said not sure how reputable the sources are. Nothing wrong with an AI generated response obviously there is data to a degree pertaining to this (?) on the world wide web for an answer to have been generated.
No hostility intended, just don't think passing the burden of proof to the person posing the question was the appropriate course of action here.
I still remember the time when Mobil 1 came out with their Tri Synthetic formula, probably in the mid to late 90s, and it was made with three different base oils (AN, PAO and ester) and in those days it was the only version available. So I think once they started introducing their EP line and ESP, they didn’t put as much effort into the regular version of M1 and instead saved all the better ingredients for the higher priced product lines.
I'll agree with you in the sense that I also feel EP (or ESP) are worth choosing over vanilla M1 from a quality standpoint. I don't think standard M1 is a bad product by any means, but EP is such a small price difference (about 3 dollars US per jug) that it's almost a no-brainer to go EP and has been for years now.
I’m definitely not saying that it’s a bad product, just that it’s probably not a significant amount better than a lot of the entry level synthetics these days (such as Kirkland/Supertech)
Funny story. Someone I work with thinks AI is always right. A guy I know updated the Wikipedia page for Iron Maiden to say the original lead guitarist was Mickey Mouse. Then asked AI and sure enough, Mickey Mouse. The look on our co-workers face was hilarious. Someone removed it on Wiki within half an hour. Which makes me wonder who, exactly, is policing it.
How can we access these comparisons?
