Which Oil is Better?
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Originally Posted By: Donald
If it meets the oil spec in your owners manual it will be fine. Buy name brand oil at regular stores like Walmart or NAPA. Forget oil at dollar stores.
Synthetic is better but more $$.
Nope. I get name brand synthetic at the dollar store.
If it meets the oil spec in your owners manual it will be fine. Buy name brand oil at regular stores like Walmart or NAPA. Forget oil at dollar stores.
Synthetic is better but more $$.
Nope. I get name brand synthetic at the dollar store.
If Castrol oils thicken up while in use, and I have an Ecoboost that has fuel dilution issues, that’s a marriage made in heaven...
Originally Posted By: Trav
If Ashland had to pay they were held responsible it doesn't matter who dropped the ball a lot of damage was done. Singling out an incident like this as a reason not to buy a companies product is ludicrous.
Dunno.
Consumer resistance like that might do more damage to them than regulatory action, and thus be more likely to keep them on their toes.
The "no such thing as bad publicity" paradigm probably breaks down here.
If Ashland had to pay they were held responsible it doesn't matter who dropped the ball a lot of damage was done. Singling out an incident like this as a reason not to buy a companies product is ludicrous.
Dunno.
Consumer resistance like that might do more damage to them than regulatory action, and thus be more likely to keep them on their toes.
The "no such thing as bad publicity" paradigm probably breaks down here.
Originally Posted By: Ducked
Originally Posted By: Trav
If Ashland had to pay they were held responsible it doesn't matter who dropped the ball a lot of damage was done. Singling out an incident like this as a reason not to buy a companies product is ludicrous.
Dunno.
Consumer resistance like that might do more damage to them than regulatory action, and thus be more likely to keep them on their toes.
The "no such thing as bad publicity" paradigm probably breaks down here.
Can anyone name a oil company that hasn’t done anything bad or damaging? There isn’t one.
Originally Posted By: Trav
If Ashland had to pay they were held responsible it doesn't matter who dropped the ball a lot of damage was done. Singling out an incident like this as a reason not to buy a companies product is ludicrous.
Dunno.
Consumer resistance like that might do more damage to them than regulatory action, and thus be more likely to keep them on their toes.
The "no such thing as bad publicity" paradigm probably breaks down here.
Can anyone name a oil company that hasn’t done anything bad or damaging? There isn’t one.
Originally Posted By: JLTD
Originally Posted By: Trav
Originally Posted By: JLTD
Agreed; plus, Valvoline wasn't involved in the Deepwater Horizon accident. Castrol/BP was.
Exxon had the Valdez incident and Ashland (Valvoline) had this little thing also.
http://www.pophistorydig.com/topics/ashland-oil-tank-collapse-1988/
I recall that Valvoline accident, I attended West Virginia University so it hit close to home. Seems like there was a lack of regulation for those tanks in the 80s.
Valvoline didn't intentionally violate anything...unlike BP, which ignored safety protocols and skipped required testing.
Exxon Valdez was the negligence of one drunk man.
One and 1\5 to be exact...
Originally Posted By: Trav
Originally Posted By: JLTD
Agreed; plus, Valvoline wasn't involved in the Deepwater Horizon accident. Castrol/BP was.
Exxon had the Valdez incident and Ashland (Valvoline) had this little thing also.
http://www.pophistorydig.com/topics/ashland-oil-tank-collapse-1988/
I recall that Valvoline accident, I attended West Virginia University so it hit close to home. Seems like there was a lack of regulation for those tanks in the 80s.
Valvoline didn't intentionally violate anything...unlike BP, which ignored safety protocols and skipped required testing.
Exxon Valdez was the negligence of one drunk man.
One and 1\5 to be exact...
Originally Posted By: PimTac
Originally Posted By: Ducked
Originally Posted By: Trav
If Ashland had to pay they were held responsible it doesn't matter who dropped the ball a lot of damage was done. Singling out an incident like this as a reason not to buy a companies product is ludicrous.
Dunno.
Consumer resistance like that might do more damage to them than regulatory action, and thus be more likely to keep them on their toes.
The "no such thing as bad publicity" paradigm probably breaks down here.
Can anyone name a oil company that hasn’t done anything bad or damaging? There isn’t one.
That's a bit like trying to prove a negative, but its not hard to name some outstanding screw ups (see above) which was, like, the point.
Originally Posted By: Ducked
Originally Posted By: Trav
If Ashland had to pay they were held responsible it doesn't matter who dropped the ball a lot of damage was done. Singling out an incident like this as a reason not to buy a companies product is ludicrous.
Dunno.
Consumer resistance like that might do more damage to them than regulatory action, and thus be more likely to keep them on their toes.
The "no such thing as bad publicity" paradigm probably breaks down here.
Can anyone name a oil company that hasn’t done anything bad or damaging? There isn’t one.
That's a bit like trying to prove a negative, but its not hard to name some outstanding screw ups (see above) which was, like, the point.
Originally Posted By: burla
If it don't have moly, it don't go in my truck.
I never liked Moly, but I rode around Betty and Susie a few times,,,
If it don't have moly, it don't go in my truck.
I never liked Moly, but I rode around Betty and Susie a few times,,,
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