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Subject:Re: Trip Report (quick & dirty)
From:mark drillock
Date:Thu, 16 Aug 2012 13:45:57 -0700

I guess I am an old timer or something cause I started using Mobil 1
Synthetic in my VWs and other vehicles back in the mid 70s. Vanagons
were all built after that. I have had very good experiences with Mobil
1. Back then we were mostly concerned with doing what we could to get a
few more MPG and the synthetic helped with that.

Mark

Don Hanson wrote:
>....
>
>     Most of Vanagons were built before Synthetic Oil even existed.   I don't
> see changing over to full synthetic would make much difference on anything
> except maybe a Bostig or a Subie powered one...
>    Don Hanson
>