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Subject:Re: Additives oops
From:Russell Patten
Date:Tue, 13 Jul 2004 22:21:02 -0500

I just relized the 2nd paragraph made absolutly no sense whatsoever.

   The thought I had intended to convey was that;

I was looking at oil today.
I looked at synthetic oil.
Couldn't find single weight synthetic, only multi-grade.
Bought Penzoil 40w.
drove home.

That's it, good brain, good.....

>   Thanks for responding about the oil additive.  I thought maybe my
>keyboard had been set to 'invisible' when i typed that section of the
>message.
>
>    I guess the primary reason for using synthetic is the high cost.
>Recently I was looking for oil and could not find a multi-weight oil.  I
>was
>told by a local VW nerd not to run multi-weight oil, straight 30 in the
>winter and 40 in the summer.
>
>   What's synthetic oil made from, anyway, if it's not petroleum?
>
>-rp
>

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