Originally Posted by Ducky22287

So I've been using mobil for my cobalt and was aondering if there's anything better. My friends were telling me about royal purple but I hadn't heard anything about it before. So what's the best kind of oil out there?

Originally Posted by tkosmen

well a lot of people on here will say royal purple is the best, they even claim that it increases power, which i am not going to argue with because it can, but at what cost? the reason you can get increased horse power out of royal purple(1 or 2 crank horse power) is because it is thinner than mobil one, meaning it wont last as long and not protect your engine as well. TRUST ME, use the mobil one, your engine was designed by gm to run on mobil one....hents your oil cap, also mobil one is the best synthetic oil out there, it protects the longest against thermal break down and holds it's viscosity much longer than other oils. stick with the mobil one, especially if you drive your car hard

Originally Posted by Onyxd04Redline

Go over to bobtheoilguy forums and read about mobil 1 becoming a 20w oil when heated up. M1 is pure GARBAGE

Redline, Amsoil, German Castrol, Royal Purple > M1

Originally Posted by joeworkstoohard

honestly, any good quality synth oil that meets GM standards will be okay.

i like mobile one, because it seems just as oily when it comes out as when it went in.

Originally Posted by tkosmen

i dont care what ******* bob the oil guy thinks, where the **** is this bob mother ****** when you spin a bearing at 80,000 miles from using synthetic oils that don't meet gm standards. i work for gm so i can personally tell you that mobil one is the ONLY synthetic oil that can stand up to their rigorous testing process.

Originally Posted by Onyxd04Redline

So you'd use a GM approved oil even if it has been analyzed and proven to be garbage by a laboratory? You're an idiot.

Originally Posted by tkosmen

i work for gm so i can personally tell you that mobil one is the ONLY synthetic oil that can stand up to their rigorous testing process.

Originally Posted by CBodnar

Thank You!

for all of you people who read about royal purple or think what they say is right. please do some research on how royal purple got started and who is really behind it. a bunch of business men who were amazing at advertising. if you have enough money and the right people behind you and the certain people testing your product. imagine you can say your car will fly as if it has nitrous in it and people will believe it now a days. I'm not saying it can't squeeze 3hp or so. oil is oil. is there a difference from fully synthetic and regular oil. YES! from brand to brand though if you do your research and read where NAPA oil is from or mobile 1 or most your oil's on the back where it says it is from or where the oil came from it is all the same spot.

ANY type of fully synthetic 5w-30 will work just fine. if you want power go get a drop in filter and mod your stock air box or go buy a performance part. don't go spend more money on oil thinking it is giving you 10hp to the wheels, because it isn't.

Oh, also for the really high end race car's did you know royal purple gives them the oil for free when they race just so fools like yourself see that a race car is running royal purple that it is the best. that's how royal purple is making it. they advertise so well. do your research on how it became royal purple and the people who started it who had so much money to advertise it properly.

Originally Posted by tkosmen

you guys just don't know what your talking about, all you people ever do is find something to argue about, it's so ******* stupid, i'm stating the facts, and your stating your opinion. read up on it before you spit out non-sense, read some actual lab tests, you'll see which oil is the best. i think your the uninformed idiot here, not me. you can believe ever you want though, i'm just not going to argue with you about it, i told you the facts and thats that. i think i know more about my profession than you do, if you tell me something about financing or banks i will listen to you, because in that case i can admit that you are more knowledgeable than me, but this is my turf and i'm right, sorry

Originally Posted by Onyxd04Redline

Go over to bobtheoilguy forums and read about mobil 1 becoming a 20w oil when heated up. M1 is pure GARBAGE

Redline, Amsoil, German Castrol, Royal Purple > M1

Originally Posted by CBodnar

clueless? that defines you! you must of not read my whole post because if you did you would realize even bob the oil guy gets royal purple and they pay him to say it's great or he is doing the tests. until the actual government tests each and every oil and proves to me that your oil and provide you better hp numbers is the day i'll shoot myself. every test they do on royal purple is done by them or done by someone who gets royal purple or who is involved with in royal purple. wake up some time soon. go dig around past all the tests done by themselves or done by people who say oh we don't care or are getting paid to say certain things. go do it yourself. start a fund. go get mobile 1 and get royal purple dyno both of them. if there is a difference in hp numbers or performance it's just because the engine is getting hot. do 2 of the exact same runs with 2 diff. oil's. until you do that you will find out it does nothing.

i know of a friend who took both oil's and a bunch of my friends gathered money and tested it out and his car didn't get any boost in power with royal purple vs. 2 other brand's of fully synthetic oil.

PROVE ME WRONG! ah actually you don't have to because i know your going to have some comment to right back that in your little head you believe is right or you believe everything you read so you know what? keep buying royal purple or brands that say it gives you more power! in the end inside your little head you will think your car is going faster and i guess that's all that really matters.

it really doesn't make a difference however. fully synthetic is fully synthetic. go grab a couple different companies tell me where it came from or go back track and trace all the steps and realize it's all the same with just a different brand labeled outside of the box. i know that's a harsh reality check for someone who pays more money and then wants to argue and say there right because they have been spending more money. just go do me a favor and go back track a couple companies and tell me where the oil came from you will find out all from the same spot and all the same.

Originally Posted by CBodnar

anyone with a brain should understand it's just advertising and giving away free stuff. the company sells themselves. gives out frees to race car's on Sundays and then on Mondays kid's roll into stores and say they saw race car's use rp or amsoil so it must be the best. it's not a hard concept to realize it's just business people being good salesmen and apparently for most of the people on this forum or young kid's like myself or friends buy into it and think it's true.

Originally Posted by CBodnar

anyone with a brain should understand it's just advertising and giving away free stuff. the company sells themselves. gives out frees to race car's on Sundays and then on Mondays kid's roll into stores and say they saw race car's use rp or amsoil so it must be the best. it's not a hard concept to realize it's just business people being good salesmen and apparently for most of the people on this forum or young kid's like myself or friends buy into it and think it's true.

Originally Posted by Projekt

and couldnt you say the same thing about M1? whos not to say you didnt see a M1 comerical and now your all "hot" for it, or whos not to say M1 paid GM to have it "recommended" and "advertised" on their performance vehicles?

do you think GM really gives a rats **** what kind of oil company's oil you put in your car? have you ever thought that perhaps M1 paid GM to have their name up there so "kids like you" would get all hot for M1?

Originally Posted by Projekt

do you think GM really gives a rats **** what kind of oil company's oil you put in your car? have you ever thought that perhaps M1 paid GM to have their name up there so "kids like you" would get all hot for M1?