Green Earth Technologies Synthetic Oil

[SHIFT_COUPE]

Anyone seen this bio-based oil? While I'm all for the environment, I'm afraid to put this in my car.

They are offering a free 5 quart bottle in 5W-30 with a rebate when purchased at Walmart.

Someone want to be the guinea pig?

http://www.getg.com/campaigns/request.p ... getg110704

[frapjap]

Not a fan.

I'd have a VERY hard time trusting this stuff too:
http://nextgen.valvoline.com/


I mean, I KNOW its synthetic and its great that they're recycling used oil and all.... but maybe I'm just getting old and think- theres NO WAY I'm trusting this stuff with my engine.

[carloslebaron]

I don't care about oil dependency or about "saving the earth" because the first is business -offer and demand deals- and the scond a myth.

But, I will take the coupon and use this oil in my old truck..because the synthetic oil according to the ad, is FREE!

[MinisterofDOOM]

Kinda hard to try out their oil when they don't offer 5-20.

As far as being comfortable using it in my car...It's the oil itself that matters to me, not whether it's recycled or not. You can compare two non-recycled oils on the shelf and may find one to be better than the other...that still holds true when the oil's recycled.

[Jesda]

If theyre going to make oil out of old oil it ought to be a lot cheaper.

[frapjap]

^^^ AGREED! I bet the refining is more costly than mining and refining the original stuff.

[Kompresshun]

If theyre going to make oil out of old oil it ought to be a lot cheaper.

Agreed, i'm not paying that kind of money for something recycled. Although I don't think i'd even consider running that crap in any of my vehicles, even if it were 50% cheaper than conventional motor oil.