Valvoline = botique brand?

[surfstar]

Ha! - I only use ISO 13485:2003 factory blended oils.

 

[jorton]

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If you think being ISO-9000 makes the quality of an end product better, you are perhaps not the best informed consumer either.

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Inferior product quality is acceptable provided corrective actions are properly documented.

 

[Mystic]

I think Valvoline wants for people to think they are a special brand. In their advertising they say that they are the choice of more mechanics than any other oil. This may actually be true. I have met a lot of mechanics and a lot of them do recommend Valvoline. This shows the power of advertising.

Amsoil could certainly be considered more of a special oil than Valvoline. Redline could also be considered a special oil.

I have used Valvoline. It is probably about the same as any other motor oil that meets requirements. For a conventional motor oil I prefer Chevron. And I like a synthetic motor oil in the wintertime and I usually use Mobil 1.

 

[Dave Hess]

The only downside to Valvoline All Climate in the white bottle is that its more expensive than most other conventional oils.

 

[remmious]

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If you think being ISO-9000 makes the quality of an end product better, you are perhaps not the best informed consumer either.

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Inferior product quality is acceptable provided corrective actions are properly documented.

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ISO doesn't mean high quality, just means how well the quality is monitored and documented. Company still sets the targets. It's just an indication of what kind of program they are using (more useful for business relations, not consumer).

I suppose that and marketing knows that most people have a hard time with statistics and use it to their advantage. Dang-them!

 

[pbm]

Off Topic: I may be wrong but I believe that Valvoline is now the only (non-boutique) motor oil that is made by an American company. This is also true of Budweiser beer now that Miller and Coors are foreign owned. This matters to some consumers.

 

[Pablo]

Mobil really isn't boutique....USA owned.

 

[pbm]

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Mobil really isn't boutique....USA owned.

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That's true Pablo. I was referring to the QS's, PZL's, GTX's and other 'motor oil' Co's rather than E-M whose main business would be gasoline (I think).

 

[tgw323]

I too have seen the money making racket farce that is ISO 9000.