According to you, Michael, AMSOIL AFL 5W-40 meets both, low and regular HTHS VW oil specs, which is IMPOSSIBLE. HTHS 2.9-3.4 and HTHS =/>3.5 simply cannot be met by the same oil.
First you claim AFL 5W 40 meets both specs, in disregard of what the AMSOIL website states. According to you, the AMSOIL website is wrong. Then you throw Series 2000 0W-30 in the pot do distract from your claim regarding AFL 5W-40.
I want to see YOUR claims verified black on white. Surely the AMSOIL website can be expected to represent current oil specs, because consumers base their decisions on the supplied information. What kind of company gives consumers old or incorrect information? If the supplied information is indeed incorrect, kudos to you for bringing it up. But don't just go about CLAIMING things and then ask me to disprove your claims. The burden of proof is on you, since you are the one making those as of yet unsubstantiated claims. That you claim to have "verified your information before posting it" means nothing in light of the FACT that the claim that one oil can meet low AND regular HTHS requirements is simply preposterous.
The only one who can damage your credibility is you yourself. We all make mistakes on occasion, but you appear to be insistent on being right even if your claims are nothing but opinion-based, and mostly regurgitated material at that, and as such lack, at least in my eyes, plausibility.
This discussion will be over once the actual, current, AMSOIL specs for AFL 5W-40 are verified.