Re: [MBZ] I give up on Mobil-1
Craig wrote:Dad had a similar saying in the '60s about television programs Yeah!! - that's right - they do it with the TV shows we like also! I have a hard time getting my wife to watch a western - but when she does, she *loves* 'em!! There was a series called Magnificent Seven (based on the movie) and recently a series called The Peacemakers (I think) - but naturally they lasted long enough for me to get her hooked on them and Bang! gone - not even re-runs. Darn. When it was my weekend for coverage I'd turn the Pager on Vibrate - but it rang so seldom I didn;t know what-the-hell-that-noise was went it went off!! I'd hear, Bz - I thought there was a bug somewhere on my dresser! I'd get up to look for it and it would stop! Drove me nuts for a while. Shows how easy it is to keep me occupied. ;-) Of course, it was 3am and I was pretty sleepy by then. Larry T (67 MGB, 74 911, 78 240D, 91 300D) www.youroil.net for Oil Analysis and Weber Parts Test Results http://members.rennlist.com/oil Weber Carb Info http://members.rennlist.com/webercarbs Porsche Road Test http://members.rennlist.com/roadtest/ . - Original Message - From: Craig McCluskey [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Saturday, July 01, 2006 3:22 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] I give up on Mobil-1 On Sat, 1 Jul 2006 14:54:33 -0400 LarryT [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I could *swear* someone is watching and saying, OK here comes Larry - let's see what he buys and stop stocking it. My Dad had a similar saying in the '60s about television programs he liked to watch. That and that there was a huge light way up in the sky that lit up when we sat down to dinner. Frequently, we'd sit down to dinner and one of his patients (he was a pediatrician) would call. Craig ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
[MBZ] I give up on Mobil-1
I live in Red Neck country with a lot of Pick-up Diesels and still cant find M-1 15-50. As I said a while back, after this run of M-1 I will be returning to Delo 400. Walt Lasher Seattle W140 S350
Re: [MBZ] I give up on Mobil-1
The information that I received when I contacted them was to use the online stores. The following are sites that they gave me to try. The first looked like they had a good price on case lots. http://www.avlube.com http://www.autobarn.com http://www.eliteetc.com/momooil.html http://www.mscdirect.com/ When I drove to my nearest Autozone, they didn't have any in stock and didn't think that they could get any Delvac 1 or Turbo Diesel Truck. They did have Delvac 1300 which is normal oil as far as I know. Todd Smith '85 300cd 248k -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of LarryT Sent: Fri 6/30/2006 4:29 PM To: Mercedes Discussion List Cc: Subject: Re: [MBZ] I give up on Mobil-1 I sent a note to Mobil/Exxon about poor availabilty of their oils - this was their reply: Thank you for your inquiry, You can contact Mobil at 1-800-662-4525 option1 and we can locate Mobil Distributor's for you. Mobil hates to see consumer's switch over to other brands due to product availability. You can also check with Autozones, Pep Boys, CSK stores, O'Reilley's and online at www.avlube.com. -- Thank you for choosing ExxonMobil products. If you need further assistance, please contact ExxonMobil at 1-800-ASK-MOBIL Larry T (67 MGB, 74 911, 78 240D, 91 300D) www.youroil.net for Oil Analysis and Weber Parts Test Results http://members.rennlist.com/oil Weber Carb Info http://members.rennlist.com/webercarbs Porsche Road Test http://members.rennlist.com/roadtest/ . - Original Message - From: Curt Raymond [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Friday, June 30, 2006 9:28 AM Subject: Re: [MBZ] I give up on Mobil-1 Dave, If I had somewhere to put the big jug of Amsoil I'd be into that too. My best luck lately has been with AutoZone. Most of the employees there are idiots but I hit it just right the other day and got a guy interesting in actually selling something who will ensure that if I call on Monday looking for Mobil 1 the amount I want will be there Friday afternoon after work. Based on Marshall's interpretation of my oil analysis results I won't have to actually try this out for 6 months or so. Hope the guy still works there then... -Curt Original Message Subject: I give up on Mobil-1 Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2006 19:42:40 -0400 From: dave walton [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Mercedes mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] While running errands today I stopped in a 2 Wallmarts and 2 Advance Auto stores and NONE of them had ANY Mobil-1 0W-40, 15W-50 OR 5W-40. As much as I know you guys out there like Mobil-1, it just is not worth my effort any more. So I go over to the Amsoil site and see a selection of synthetics to choose from. Given my current mood, I'm inclined to buy a 30 gallon jug and be done with it and let Mobil rot in hell where they belong. Does anyone have a recommendation as to which Amsoil is best? Thanks -Dave Walton 94S350, 99E300 - Sneak preview the all-new Yahoo.com. It's not radically different. Just radically better. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com -- next part -- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/ms-tnef Size: 7994 bytes Desc: not available Url : /pipermail/mercedes_okiebenz.com/attachments/20060630/2bfc39b7/attachment.bin
Re: [MBZ] I give up on Mobil-1
availability depends largely on the area. see, as sick as this sounds to you, stores don't discriminate inventory based on the customer base. I worked in retail years ago at a department store with a fairly affluent clientelle. this chain also had stores with much poorer customers. as a general rule, the poor stores sold a very high percentage of $59 cookware sets and the store i was at sold every $800 cookware set within 2 days of receipt. the poor area stores couldn't sell an $800 cookware set to save their lives. consequently, we always had tons of $59 cookware sets and they always had tons of $800 sets. no one was happy! here on the north side of atlanta you simply CANNOT find the 15w50 at walmart because of the all the euro cars. basically, if anyone dunwoody or alpharetta sees 15w50, he just grabs it all and runs. all that is left is the lightweight oil. so the answer is to go out where everyone drives modern ford pickemup trucks that use super light oil. those walmarts will have no 5w30, but lots of 15W50. simple, no? On 6/30/06, Smith, Todd [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The information that I received when I contacted them was to use the online stores. The following are sites that they gave me to try. The first looked like they had a good price on case lots. http://www.avlube.com http://www.autobarn.com http://www.eliteetc.com/momooil.html http://www.mscdirect.com/ When I drove to my nearest Autozone, they didn't have any in stock and didn't think that they could get any Delvac 1 or Turbo Diesel Truck. They did have Delvac 1300 which is normal oil as far as I know. Todd Smith '85 300cd 248k -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of LarryT Sent: Fri 6/30/2006 4:29 PM To: Mercedes Discussion List Cc: Subject: Re: [MBZ] I give up on Mobil-1 I sent a note to Mobil/Exxon about poor availabilty of their oils - this was their reply: Thank you for your inquiry, You can contact Mobil at 1-800-662-4525 option1 and we can locate Mobil Distributor's for you. Mobil hates to see consumer's switch over to other brands due to product availability. You can also check with Autozones, Pep Boys, CSK stores, O'Reilley's and online at www.avlube.com. -- Thank you for choosing ExxonMobil products. If you need further assistance, please contact ExxonMobil at 1-800-ASK-MOBIL Larry T (67 MGB, 74 911, 78 240D, 91 300D) www.youroil.net for Oil Analysis and Weber Parts Test Results http://members.rennlist.com/oil Weber Carb Info http://members.rennlist.com/webercarbs Porsche Road Test http://members.rennlist.com/roadtest/ . - Original Message - From: Curt Raymond [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Friday, June 30, 2006 9:28 AM Subject: Re: [MBZ] I give up on Mobil-1 Dave, If I had somewhere to put the big jug of Amsoil I'd be into that too. My best luck lately has been with AutoZone. Most of the employees there are idiots but I hit it just right the other day and got a guy interesting in actually selling something who will ensure that if I call on Monday looking for Mobil 1 the amount I want will be there Friday afternoon after work. Based on Marshall's interpretation of my oil analysis results I won't have to actually try this out for 6 months or so. Hope the guy still works there then... -Curt Original Message Subject: I give up on Mobil-1 Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2006 19:42:40 -0400 From: dave walton [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Mercedes mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] While running errands today I stopped in a 2 Wallmarts and 2 Advance Auto stores and NONE of them had ANY Mobil-1 0W-40, 15W-50 OR 5W-40. As much as I know you guys out there like Mobil-1, it just is not worth my effort any more. So I go over to the Amsoil site and see a selection of synthetics to choose from. Given my current mood, I'm inclined to buy a 30 gallon jug and be done with it and let Mobil rot in hell where they belong. Does anyone have a recommendation as to which Amsoil is best? Thanks -Dave Walton 94S350, 99E300 - Sneak preview the all-new Yahoo.com. It's not radically different. Just radically better. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
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Sounds logical but ... I called and/or visited the Wal-Mart stores here (north of Raleigh NC) and they never got any M1 5W40. Scott Ritchey Kittrell NC 1982 300SD 220K 1979 300TD 350K -- Gary Hurst write ... so the answer is to go out where everyone drives modern ford pickemup trucks that use super light oil. those walmarts will have no 5w30, but lots of 15W50. simple, no? On 6/30/06, Smith, Todd [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The information that I received when I contacted them was to use the online stores. The following are sites that they gave me to try. The first looked like they had a good price on case lots. http://www.avlube.com http://www.autobarn.com http://www.eliteetc.com/momooil.html http://www.mscdirect.com/ When I drove to my nearest Autozone, they didn't have any in stock and didn't think that they could get any Delvac 1 or Turbo Diesel Truck. They did have Delvac 1300 which is normal oil as far as I know. Todd Smith '85 300cd 248k -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of LarryT Sent: Fri 6/30/2006 4:29 PM To: Mercedes Discussion List Cc: Subject: Re: [MBZ] I give up on Mobil-1 I sent a note to Mobil/Exxon about poor availabilty of their oils - this was their reply: Thank you for your inquiry, You can contact Mobil at 1-800-662-4525 option1 and we can locate Mobil Distributor's for you. Mobil hates to see consumer's switch over to other brands due to product availability. You can also check with Autozones, Pep Boys, CSK stores, O'Reilley's and online at www.avlube.com. -- Thank you for choosing ExxonMobil products. If you need further assistance, please contact ExxonMobil at 1-800-ASK-MOBIL Larry T (67 MGB, 74 911, 78 240D, 91 300D) www.youroil.net for Oil Analysis and Weber Parts Test Results http://members.rennlist.com/oil Weber Carb Info http://members.rennlist.com/webercarbs Porsche Road Test http://members.rennlist.com/roadtest/ . - Original Message - From: Curt Raymond [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Friday, June 30, 2006 9:28 AM Subject: Re: [MBZ] I give up on Mobil-1 Dave, If I had somewhere to put the big jug of Amsoil I'd be into that too. My best luck lately has been with AutoZone. Most of the employees there are idiots but I hit it just right the other day and got a guy interesting in actually selling something who will ensure that if I call on Monday looking for Mobil 1 the amount I want will be there Friday afternoon after work. Based on Marshall's interpretation of my oil analysis results I won't have to actually try this out for 6 months or so. Hope the guy still works there then... -Curt Original Message Subject: I give up on Mobil-1 Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2006 19:42:40 -0400 From: dave walton [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Mercedes mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] While running errands today I stopped in a 2 Wallmarts and 2 Advance Auto stores and NONE of them had ANY Mobil-1 0W-40, 15W-50 OR 5W-40. As much as I know you guys out there like Mobil-1, it just is not worth my effort any more. So I go over to the Amsoil site and see a selection of synthetics to choose from. Given my current mood, I'm inclined to buy a 30 gallon jug and be done with it and let Mobil rot in hell where they belong. Does anyone have a recommendation as to which Amsoil is best? Thanks -Dave Walton 94S350, 99E300 - Sneak preview the all-new Yahoo.com. It's not radically different. Just radically better. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com -- next part -- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/ms-tnef Size: 7994 bytes Desc: not available Url : /pipermail/mercedes_okiebenz.com
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Found the Mobil 1 15W-50 Ext. today in the WalMart in Carroll IA. I cleaned out the supply on the shelf (7 quarts). Who knows how much longer they will be offering it? I also noticed that they have stopped carrying most computer stuff. They did offer a couple of cordless mice and keyboards plus some blank DVD-Rs (no CD-Rs or CD-RWs any longer) and a couple of printers. They also had two different routers for sale. Beyond that, the shelves had been reallocated to video game stuff. Used to be you could pick up a CD Writer and stuff like that, but apparently no more. On 7/1/06, Curt Raymond [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've never seen a Wal-Mart that didn't have gallons upon gallons of 5w30 and 10w30 but rarely do I ever see any amount of 15w50 or any other useful weight. -- There're always enemies, George. Jesus had enemies. -- Tom Clancy, _Executive Orders_ 1977 240D 1983 VW Quantum turbo diesel 5-speed 1972 Honda CB-500K motorcycle http://www.airamericaradio.com/listen
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Sounds very logical. But where I live there are few high performance foreign cars. This is one of the places you'd call a Ford Pick-em-up area. A few weeks ago I bought 15W50 in W'mart - had to search behind the bottles/jugs of 10W30 to find them but they were there. Yesterday I looked and there weren't *any* 15W50 M1 jugs or bottles. Then again, I've never been impressed with the stocking procedures used by wmart - I am on a low carb diet and finding stuff edible with very low carbs take some hunting. found some snacks that were great - but after a month or so their stock ran out and it hasn't been resupplied. This has happened on 4 or 5 different products. I could *swear* someone is watching and saying, OK here comes Larry - let's see what he buys and stop stocking it. But that might be paranoid. ;-\ Same with the oil - my MBs and 911 all need 15W50 - so today I'll check with Pepboys. Maybe I'll wear a disguise so they won't know it's me. ;-) Larry T (67 MGB, 74 911, 78 240D, 91 300D) www.youroil.net for Oil Analysis and Weber Parts Test Results http://members.rennlist.com/oil Weber Carb Info http://members.rennlist.com/webercarbs Porsche Road Test http://members.rennlist.com/roadtest/ . - Original Message - From: Gary Hurst [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Friday, June 30, 2006 8:53 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] I give up on Mobil-1 availability depends largely on the area. see, as sick as this sounds to you, stores don't discriminate inventory based on the customer base. I worked in retail years ago at a department store with a fairly affluent clientelle. this chain also had stores with much poorer customers. as a general rule, the poor stores sold a very high percentage of $59 cookware sets and the store i was at sold every $800 cookware set within 2 days of receipt. the poor area stores couldn't sell an $800 cookware set to save their lives. consequently, we always had tons of $59 cookware sets and they always had tons of $800 sets. no one was happy! here on the north side of atlanta you simply CANNOT find the 15w50 at walmart because of the all the euro cars. basically, if anyone dunwoody or alpharetta sees 15w50, he just grabs it all and runs. all that is left is the lightweight oil. so the answer is to go out where everyone drives modern ford pickemup trucks that use super light oil. those walmarts will have no 5w30, but lots of 15W50. simple, no? On 6/30/06, Smith, Todd [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The information that I received when I contacted them was to use the online stores. The following are sites that they gave me to try. The first looked like they had a good price on case lots. http://www.avlube.com http://www.autobarn.com http://www.eliteetc.com/momooil.html http://www.mscdirect.com/ When I drove to my nearest Autozone, they didn't have any in stock and didn't think that they could get any Delvac 1 or Turbo Diesel Truck. They did have Delvac 1300 which is normal oil as far as I know. Todd Smith '85 300cd 248k -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of LarryT Sent: Fri 6/30/2006 4:29 PM To: Mercedes Discussion List Cc: Subject: Re: [MBZ] I give up on Mobil-1 I sent a note to Mobil/Exxon about poor availabilty of their oils - this was their reply: Thank you for your inquiry, You can contact Mobil at 1-800-662-4525 option1 and we can locate Mobil Distributor's for you. Mobil hates to see consumer's switch over to other brands due to product availability. You can also check with Autozones, Pep Boys, CSK stores, O'Reilley's and online at www.avlube.com. -- Thank you for choosing ExxonMobil products. If you need further assistance, please contact ExxonMobil at 1-800-ASK-MOBIL Larry T (67 MGB, 74 911, 78 240D, 91 300D) www.youroil.net for Oil Analysis and Weber Parts Test Results http://members.rennlist.com/oil Weber Carb Info http://members.rennlist.com/webercarbs Porsche Road Test http://members.rennlist.com/roadtest/ . - Original Message - From: Curt Raymond [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Friday, June 30, 2006 9:28 AM Subject: Re: [MBZ] I give up on Mobil-1 Dave, If I had somewhere to put the big jug of Amsoil I'd be into that too. My best luck lately has been with AutoZone. Most of the employees there are idiots but I hit it just right the other day and got a guy interesting in actually selling something who will ensure that if I call on Monday looking for Mobil 1 the amount I want will be there Friday afternoon after work. Based on Marshall's interpretation of my oil analysis results I won't have to actually try this out for 6 months or so. Hope the guy still
Re: [MBZ] I give up on Mobil-1
Same thing happens to us - mostly in Albertson's -- good, healthy food itms. Just because you're paranoid, doesn't mean that they're not out to get you. I could *swear* someone is watching and saying, OK here comes Larry - let's see what he buys and stop stocking it. But that might be paranoid. ;-\ Larry T (67 MGB, 74 911, 78 240D, 91 300D) -- OK Don, KD5NRO Norman, OK The Americans will always do the right thing... after they've exhausted all the alternatives. Sir Winston Churchill '90 300D, '87 300SDL, '81 240D, '78 450SLC, '97 Ply Grand Voyager
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On Sat, 1 Jul 2006 14:54:33 -0400 LarryT [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I could *swear* someone is watching and saying, OK here comes Larry - let's see what he buys and stop stocking it. My Dad had a similar saying in the '60s about television programs he liked to watch. That and that there was a huge light way up in the sky that lit up when we sat down to dinner. Frequently, we'd sit down to dinner and one of his patients (he was a pediatrician) would call. Craig
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Dave, If I had somewhere to put the big jug of Amsoil I'd be into that too. My best luck lately has been with AutoZone. Most of the employees there are idiots but I hit it just right the other day and got a guy interesting in actually selling something who will ensure that if I call on Monday looking for Mobil 1 the amount I want will be there Friday afternoon after work. Based on Marshall's interpretation of my oil analysis results I won't have to actually try this out for 6 months or so. Hope the guy still works there then... -Curt Original Message Subject: I give up on Mobil-1 Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2006 19:42:40 -0400 From: dave walton [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Mercedes mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] While running errands today I stopped in a 2 Wallmarts and 2 Advance Auto stores and NONE of them had ANY Mobil-1 0W-40, 15W-50 OR 5W-40. As much as I know you guys out there like Mobil-1, it just is not worth my effort any more. So I go over to the Amsoil site and see a selection of synthetics to choose from. Given my current mood, I'm inclined to buy a 30 gallon jug and be done with it and let Mobil rot in hell where they belong. Does anyone have a recommendation as to which Amsoil is best? Thanks -Dave Walton 94S350, 99E300 - Sneak preview the all-new Yahoo.com. It's not radically different. Just radically better. From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fri Jun 30 13:33:37 2006 Received: from mxa.windwireless.net ([199.164.167.40]) by server8.arterytc8.net with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1FwJ7p-0005Qr-IU for mercedes@okiebenz.com; Fri, 30 Jun 2006 13:33:37 + Received: from dogear.com (jimc.progress.wi-fi.windwireless.net [206.63.94.197] (may be forged)) by mxa.windwireless.net (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id k5UDYC4V012146 for mercedes@okiebenz.com; Fri, 30 Jun 2006 06:34:12 -0700 Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2006 06:33:33 -0700 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v553) From: Jim Cathey [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In-Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message-Id: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.553) X-Virus-Scan: smtp-vilter X-SMTP-Vilter-Version: 1.1.0rc2 X-SMTP-Vilter-Backend: Clam AntiVirus Daemon (clamd) X-SMTP-Vilter-Status: clean X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-2.0rc4 (mxa.windwireless.net [199.164.167.40]); Fri, 30 Jun 2006 06:34:13 -0700 (PDT) X-Antivirus-Scanner: Clean mail though you should still use an Antivirus Subject: Re: [MBZ] RIV sensor X-BeenThere: mercedes@okiebenz.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.7.cp2 Precedence: list Reply-To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com List-Id: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes_okiebenz.com.okiebenz.com List-Unsubscribe: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com, mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] List-Archive: /pipermail/mercedes_okiebenz.com List-Post: mailto:mercedes@okiebenz.com List-Help: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] List-Subscribe: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com, mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2006 13:33:37 - In a damper reading of 15 deg ATDC what is The Damper? ... The only timing marks I'm familiar with are on the pulley at the front of the crank. That's it. They're on the (vibration) damper, also called a harmonic balancer. -- Jim
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I sent a note to Mobil/Exxon about poor availabilty of their oils - this was their reply: Thank you for your inquiry, You can contact Mobil at 1-800-662-4525 option1 and we can locate Mobil Distributor's for you. Mobil hates to see consumer's switch over to other brands due to product availability. You can also check with Autozones, Pep Boys, CSK stores, O'Reilley's and online at www.avlube.com. -- Thank you for choosing ExxonMobil products. If you need further assistance, please contact ExxonMobil at 1-800-ASK-MOBIL Larry T (67 MGB, 74 911, 78 240D, 91 300D) www.youroil.net for Oil Analysis and Weber Parts Test Results http://members.rennlist.com/oil Weber Carb Info http://members.rennlist.com/webercarbs Porsche Road Test http://members.rennlist.com/roadtest/ . - Original Message - From: Curt Raymond [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Friday, June 30, 2006 9:28 AM Subject: Re: [MBZ] I give up on Mobil-1 Dave, If I had somewhere to put the big jug of Amsoil I'd be into that too. My best luck lately has been with AutoZone. Most of the employees there are idiots but I hit it just right the other day and got a guy interesting in actually selling something who will ensure that if I call on Monday looking for Mobil 1 the amount I want will be there Friday afternoon after work. Based on Marshall's interpretation of my oil analysis results I won't have to actually try this out for 6 months or so. Hope the guy still works there then... -Curt Original Message Subject: I give up on Mobil-1 Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2006 19:42:40 -0400 From: dave walton [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Mercedes mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] While running errands today I stopped in a 2 Wallmarts and 2 Advance Auto stores and NONE of them had ANY Mobil-1 0W-40, 15W-50 OR 5W-40. As much as I know you guys out there like Mobil-1, it just is not worth my effort any more. So I go over to the Amsoil site and see a selection of synthetics to choose from. Given my current mood, I'm inclined to buy a 30 gallon jug and be done with it and let Mobil rot in hell where they belong. Does anyone have a recommendation as to which Amsoil is best? Thanks -Dave Walton 94S350, 99E300 - Sneak preview the all-new Yahoo.com. It's not radically different. Just radically better. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
