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Old 11-19-2010, 07:03 PM
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Originally Posted by bobcowan View Post
Not true at all. It's a trick of marketing types and lawyers that make you think M1 is synthetic.

A true synthetic starts with a PAO base stock, no dino oil. Then it's further refined, and the package is added. The key is there is no dino oil.

Oils like M1, QS, etc start with standard dino oil. Then they refine and add until it meets the legal requirements as established by the courts to be allowed to use the term "synthetic". It's a marketing trick, don't fall for it.
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the forums on http://www.bobistheoilguy.com/ are pretty entertaining, and no one takes it all too seriously......

http://www.bobistheoilguy.com/cms/in...tid=35:content

this one of the best lines: "...... over half of all NASCAR teams are using Mobil 1 technology; Mobil 1 is also a technology partner with the Vodafone McLaren Mercedes Formula 1 team....."

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