[R129 SL] Re: Synthetic Oil

[Markus Meyer]

George,

Here is what I did when I switched.  I went to their website and researched, 
as well as the internet in general.  I joined for 6 months at a small cost 
($10 or so) and got a discount on my purchases.  They shipped directly from 
their warehouse to me - I ordered for the year ahead since they recommended 
to switch oil once a year for the type I bought.  I also bought oil filters 
that I needed since they recommend to switch every six months.  I had 
existing oil filters and used them first but decided to get theirs for the 
future changes (not required to use their brand, your choice).

I am one of those nuts that used to change my dino oil every 2500 miles.  
That gets old fast when you own multiple vehicles.  I switched to Castrol 
synthetic and went to 5000 mile intervals.  I got disgusted recently when I 
couldn't find local stores stocking what I needed and the prices were going 
up ($4-5 per quart) when the Amsoil stuff can be bought by the gallon, and 
with the discount, wasn't a whole lot more, maybe $6-7.  But, if I change 
once a year instead, that is roughly half the current interval for me as I 
did about 10K per year, so its not any more money.  The research I did made 
Amsoil sound pretty cool, it started with aircraft lubrication and went to 
race cars and now regular cars and all other motors.

Plus, I'm not supporting the big oil companies at least that way and helping 
the environment....yeah, that's it!

Markus


From: "George Jenner" <gjenner at nc.rr.com>
Reply-To: SL Mailing List <r129list at mbcoupes.com>
To: "SL Mailing List" <r129list at mbcoupes.com>
Subject: Re: [R129 SL] Re: Synthetic Oil
Date: Thu, 15 Dec 2005 10:32:40 -0500

After reading the many accounts of everyone switching, or considering 
switching to pure synthetic motor oil I plan on revisiting my decision to 
use Mobil 1 and take another look at Amsoil for my 1996 SL500 with 76,000 
miles.  Is Amsoil as easy to obtain as Mobil 1?  Do Amsoil users use a 
special oil filter as well?  I would appreciate hearing from someone who 
switched from Mobil 1 to Amsoil about their impressions after the change.

Motor on...it doesn't get any better than this.  George


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