TOM WALKER wrote to ROY WITT:   
      
      
    RW> TW>> Teh Top Three raqted Synthetic oils are Amsoil, Penzoil, and   
    RW> TW>> Mobile I in that order.   
      
    RW>> Actually there is another listed among these. A Castrol full   
    RW>> synthetic. But like Amsoil, Castrol has always been a rare find   
    RW>> wherever one goes. I used Castrol in my 55 Chevy, c1960. But it was   
    RW>> as rare then as their synthetic seems to be today. I switched to   
    RW>> Pennzoil back then and used it for years after.   
      
    TW> YES there are other Synthetis Oils Castrol being one of thyem but it   
    TW> was just out of the Top Three in most comparisions so I did not   
    TW> mention it.   
      
   In the comparison I saw, it was listed above Mobil 1, so that made a point   
   with me. My MIL used to put that stuff in her Corrola, but then, she   
   probably went by the recommendation of a salesman. She wouldn't have known   
   the difference between Castrol and used drainings.   
      
    TW> Anmd I mor many many years used Castrol conventional oil   
    TW> in my cars. I never had a problem finding it because here Pep boys   
    TW> carries it and when my Wal-Mart opened I was buying it there. In fact   
    TW> I stil have a 5 quart jug of it.   
      
   Where I lived at the time there wasn't anything like Pep Boys. Western   
   Auto was as close as one could find in that time. Heh, they carried   
   Schwinn bicycles too.   
      
    RW> TW>> I picked Penzoil becasue it is just as the other two and it   
    RW> TW>> costs less. Rembember "A Penny Saved is a Penny Earned"  :-)   
      
    RW>> I find the difference in price to be of no concern, as Mobil One is   
    RW>> as plentiful as Pennzoil these days. And, if push comes to shove   
    RW>> while you're in a remote area, you can always find Mobil One in any   
    RW>> Mobile station. Only on rare occasion do you find Pennzoil at a gas   
    RW>> station.   
      
    TW> I always cary oil in the trunk. A Hold over form my Oil Burner   
    TW> driving days.   
      
   I do that when we're on a long trip for the same reason.   
      
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