Quote Originally Posted by SyntheticShield View Post
The problem with such a survey is that people rarely can give you valid reasons for why they love/hate a particular fluid outside of things like "It worked for me", "I never had a problem", "Thats what so and so uses" and on and on.

I remember when I first got interested in this subject probably back in the very early 90's that I would ask people after they told me "This is all I ever use" why they say that. The blank stares were priceless.
However to a lot of us as long as it works and creates no problems we are happy. I can respect both sides on this. If it works why waste precious time searching for the magic bullet. And believe me I certainly understand the flip side of us that can't leave good enough alone either.

Back in the day story. I bought a brand new 78 Honda Civic off of the showroom floor for $3200. I decided to take a trip to Virginia with my parents but take my car as well. Being intrigued by the Mobil 1 ads, I went to the Mobil service station and had Mobil 1 put in the right before the trip. 600 miles later we arrived at our destination. I guess at the age of 17 and investing what I considered a fortune for an oil change decided to check my oil to see how things were going. Opened the hood and the oil fill cap was gone. There wasn't a drop on the dipstick either. For years I was impressed that I never had a problem after that incident, especially driving though the appalachian mountains and how hard it was on the engine. Yet the Mobil 1 must have provided enough protection to keep the engine from seizing. I was a big believer for a long time...