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From: Seth Hammond on 19 May 2007 11:33

"Fred W" <malt_hound(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> AMooreonline(a)juno.com wrote:
>> On May 18, 10:47 am, Fred W <malt_ho...(a)yahoo.com> wrote:
>>
>>>AMooreonl...(a)juno.com wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>Everyone who owns a motorcycle or scooter has their favorite oil.
>>>>There is nothing wrong with Yamalube products. Why is it expensive?
>>>>Well...Because it's being sold & a Yamaha dealer & they "ALWAYS" get
>>>>top-dollar for thier products. I myself love Amsoil products. I've
>>>>been using them for years. The only downside is finding a local dealer
>>>>selling Amsoil. I just buy from Amsoil direct online. Even after S/H
>>>>they cost about the same as Mobil One from any retail dealer.
>>>
>>>Huh? No way. You can buy Mobil 1 at Walmart for ~$24 for a 5 quart
>>>bottle. Amsoil costs at least $8 a quart *before* adding shipping.
>>>
>>>--
>>>-Fred W
>>
>>
>> Amsoil costs me $4.96 per quart (Amsoil Scooter Oil 10W40) with my 20%
>> discount membership. S/H isn't that bad either. Also...With Walmart
>> it's a "hit or miss" scenario in terms of finding the oil you want
>> everytime. My Walmart is 30 miles away & that's means that costs me
>> appx. $6.00 in gas to get there! No local Amsoil dealers. So...Online
>> is fine by me. I get the best oil money can buy IMHO delivered UPS
>> ground to my front door. I do have a local Auto store that carries
>> Royal Purple which is another excellent oil. But...I have used Amsoil
>> for years & I won't use anything else.
>>
>>
>
> Care to show us where you can buy Amsoil for $4.96 a Qt online? At that
> price I'm in!!
>
> --
> -Fred W

Is this where we're supposed to ask how we can become Amway distributors?



From: Seth Hammond on 19 May 2007 11:57

"RickRussellTX" <rickrussell(a)gmail.com> wrote in message
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> On May 19, 7:30 am, "Ken Abrams" <harvest_t...(a)scum.suckers> wrote:
>
>> In some cases it DOES matter....and what you think doesn't alter the
>> reality.
>> Recent modern cage oil formulations that include "friction modifiers" and
>
> Just check the service marks on the back of the bottle -- there are
> several service marks that are compatible with my Honda Helix, and
> it's easy to find the right oil.
>
> RR

IMHO, there's just one piece of advice regarding motor oil that makes any
sense. The rest is all smoke and mirrors often written by sleezoid brand
promoters hoping to earn more Ponzi points. The one piece is 'stick to one
brand of oil' that meets standards required by sickle manufacturers. How
complicated is that?



>


From: �yamaha_majesty on 19 May 2007 13:56
On Sat, 19 May 2007 08:33:52 -0700, "Seth Hammond" <lesliesethhammond(a)yahoo.com>
wrote:

|>
|>"Fred W" <malt_hound(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message
|>news:ZMqdnbw3zLvvaNPbnZ2dnUVZ_jqdnZ2d(a)comcast.com...
|>> AMooreonline(a)juno.com wrote:
|>>> On May 18, 10:47 am, Fred W <malt_ho...(a)yahoo.com> wrote:
|>>>
|>>>>AMooreonl...(a)juno.com wrote:
|>>>>
|>>>>
|>>>>>Everyone who owns a motorcycle or scooter has their favorite oil.
|>>>>>There is nothing wrong with Yamalube products. Why is it expensive?
|>>>>>Well...Because it's being sold & a Yamaha dealer & they "ALWAYS" get
|>>>>>top-dollar for thier products. I myself love Amsoil products. I've
|>>>>>been using them for years. The only downside is finding a local dealer
|>>>>>selling Amsoil. I just buy from Amsoil direct online. Even after S/H
|>>>>>they cost about the same as Mobil One from any retail dealer.
|>>>>
|>>>>Huh? No way. You can buy Mobil 1 at Walmart for ~$24 for a 5 quart
|>>>>bottle. Amsoil costs at least $8 a quart *before* adding shipping.
|>>>>
|>>>>--
|>>>>-Fred W
|>>>
|>>>
|>>> Amsoil costs me $4.96 per quart (Amsoil Scooter Oil 10W40) with my 20%
|>>> discount membership. S/H isn't that bad either. Also...With Walmart
|>>> it's a "hit or miss" scenario in terms of finding the oil you want
|>>> everytime. My Walmart is 30 miles away & that's means that costs me
|>>> appx. $6.00 in gas to get there! No local Amsoil dealers. So...Online
|>>> is fine by me. I get the best oil money can buy IMHO delivered UPS
|>>> ground to my front door. I do have a local Auto store that carries
|>>> Royal Purple which is another excellent oil. But...I have used Amsoil
|>>> for years & I won't use anything else.
|>>>
|>>>
|>>
|>> Care to show us where you can buy Amsoil for $4.96 a Qt online? At that
|>> price I'm in!!
|>>
|>> --
|>> -Fred W
|>
|>Is this where we're supposed to ask how we can become Amway distributors?
|>
|>
As you Googly noticed, AMSoil is an AMway distributor type of Franchise
approach.

I don't usually trust these too much right of the bat, just like buying
an overshined overglittered M/Cycle......pretty packages are a tell tale sign of
a bad product or "rot"...
From: �yamaha_majesty on 19 May 2007 14:12
On Sat, 19 May 2007 09:02:32 -0400, Fred W <malt_hound(a)yahoo.com> wrote:

|>AMooreonline(a)juno.com wrote:
|>> On May 18, 10:47 am, Fred W <malt_ho...(a)yahoo.com> wrote:
|>>
|>>>AMooreonl...(a)juno.com wrote:
|>>>
|>>>
|>>>>Everyone who owns a motorcycle or scooter has their favorite oil.
|>>>>There is nothing wrong with Yamalube products. Why is it expensive?
|>>>>Well...Because it's being sold & a Yamaha dealer & they "ALWAYS" get
|>>>>top-dollar for thier products. I myself love Amsoil products. I've
|>>>>been using them for years. The only downside is finding a local dealer
|>>>>selling Amsoil. I just buy from Amsoil direct online. Even after S/H
|>>>>they cost about the same as Mobil One from any retail dealer.
|>>>
|>>>Huh? No way. You can buy Mobil 1 at Walmart for ~$24 for a 5 quart
|>>>bottle. Amsoil costs at least $8 a quart *before* adding shipping.
|>>>
|>>>--
|>>>-Fred W
|>>
|>>
|>> Amsoil costs me $4.96 per quart (Amsoil Scooter Oil 10W40) with my 20%
|>> discount membership. S/H isn't that bad either. Also...With Walmart
|>> it's a "hit or miss" scenario in terms of finding the oil you want
|>> everytime. My Walmart is 30 miles away & that's means that costs me
|>> appx. $6.00 in gas to get there! No local Amsoil dealers. So...Online
|>> is fine by me. I get the best oil money can buy IMHO delivered UPS
|>> ground to my front door. I do have a local Auto store that carries
|>> Royal Purple which is another excellent oil. But...I have used Amsoil
|>> for years & I won't use anything else.
|>>
|>>

It's that good for motorcycles heh????hmmmm do they also recomend using
their oil filters per 5,000k/3,000m change every time????

|>Care to show us where you can buy Amsoil for $4.96 a Qt online? At that
|>price I'm in!!

Do you think the Price of M/Cycle oil plays a significant factor in your
expensive PTW/Bike's engine life........then there's all the work
involved...gathering tools, a pan,...also depends if your changing oil off a
street curb or in your own big, peaceful backyard.

It "$" might matter in a heavily used big bore old car, where a gallon
of it maters...............Then there's the excess oil we buy that sits around
for a year or 2 and gets "contaminated" by the time we go to use it.

Ok....do you think Amsoil (without filter change) is better than
Yamalube?......Amsoil is synthetic and Yamalube is probably olive oil.
From: Fred W on 20 May 2007 11:14
Seth Hammond wrote:

> IMHO, there's just one piece of advice regarding motor oil that makes any
> sense. The rest is all smoke and mirrors often written by sleezoid brand
> promoters hoping to earn more Ponzi points. The one piece is 'stick to one
> brand of oil' that meets standards required by sickle manufacturers. How
> complicated is that?

Why? I mean, why stick to one brand? So long as the oil you use meets
requirements and you change it on the correct schedule, why not change
brands if it is convenient to do so? I don't understand your one piece
of advice at all.

I would think the one piece of advice would be; "Use the recommended
viscosity and spec oil and change per recommended intervals."

--
-Fred W
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