Dropped into PepBoys to buy 2 Fram Ultra's for $15 and found only one XG2 on the shelf. So I went to the parts desk where 3 employees failed to acknowledge me let alone tell me how long I would have to wait watching them busy in their computer work.
As I waited, I looked at the filter box more closely and realized I had an Xtended Guard that only claimed a 10,000 mile service life. So I decided I wasn't going to wait any longer and returned the XG2 to it's position on the shelf.
Later I was in Walmart and found the XG2 at the front to also be an Xtended Guard rather than a Fram Ultra, but this one claimed a 7,000 mile service life (which they said is 70% longer than the competition).
Ironically, the TG2 below this XG2 said service life of 10,000 miles. I actually did find 2 XG2's which had been placed behind the Fram Ultra XG5's. Looks like the TLE was trying to manage their old inventory and was hoping someone would take this old old XG2.
Both the Walmart and PepBoys Xtended Guard were sealed in clear wrap with the box on the Walmart one stating copyright 2005. Apart from this FL820S equivalent, in both stores the Fram Ultra were mainly Fram Ultras not Xtended Guards.
As I waited, I looked at the filter box more closely and realized I had an Xtended Guard that only claimed a 10,000 mile service life. So I decided I wasn't going to wait any longer and returned the XG2 to it's position on the shelf.
Later I was in Walmart and found the XG2 at the front to also be an Xtended Guard rather than a Fram Ultra, but this one claimed a 7,000 mile service life (which they said is 70% longer than the competition).
Ironically, the TG2 below this XG2 said service life of 10,000 miles. I actually did find 2 XG2's which had been placed behind the Fram Ultra XG5's. Looks like the TLE was trying to manage their old inventory and was hoping someone would take this old old XG2.
Both the Walmart and PepBoys Xtended Guard were sealed in clear wrap with the box on the Walmart one stating copyright 2005. Apart from this FL820S equivalent, in both stores the Fram Ultra were mainly Fram Ultras not Xtended Guards.