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Old 09-18-2014, 11:26 AM
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Mobil 1 is pretty much free at the moment...

Until the 22nd, you can play the scratch-off on-line game, and get $5/$10/$12 off per five quarts on ten quarts (five-quart or one-quart bottles), then use the available rebate for $24 rebate on ten quarts. (BTW, the rebate says that it is only good on Amazon - Wrong! It is good at any participating vendor, including Walmart.)
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Thanks for the heads-up. Free is a pretty good price.
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Link for the scratch-off game?
Old 09-18-2014, 01:09 PM
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the ONLY time my car has ever leaked a drop of oil was when I used Mobile1. Even free is too much for me.
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Originally Posted by linderpat
the ONLY time my car has ever leaked a drop of oil was when I used Mobile1. Even free is too much for me.
If that is all that happened, consider yourself lucky.

A friend of mine tried Mobil 1 in his vintage Ducati and this is his experience posted on the motorcycle forum:

Beware of Mobil 1 synthetic oil, it can do terrible things to you and your beloved vehicle. It will not only leak out of your engine faster than you can put it in, but it will also cause your oil filter to clog and implode, dumping debris and dirt into your lubrication system. It also will make every part of your bike permanently slippery because of its linear molecular chain dispersion action. Then it will leak onto your kickstand causing it to retract automatically, dropping your bike on the ground! But that's not all...

Mobil 1 Synthetic oil will round off your gears and spin your bearings. It will also splatter onto your seat causing your girlfriend to fall off in the apex of a turn and she'll never ride with you again. Mobil 1 Synthetic oil coats your sight window and your timing window with a whitish pro-emulsification additive that is both non-removable and highly corrosive. Mobil 1 Synthetic oil will completely leak onto the ground overnight and your dog will drink it and die.

Mobil 1 Synthetic oil will wear out your tires and make your battery leak. It will give you the desperate need to urinate after you put your full leathers on and then jam your zippers shut. It will contaminate your gasoline causing your bike to stall on railroad tracks and accelerate uncontrollably near police cars. It will make it rain during rallies and on weekends. It will lubricate your timing belts causing them to jump teeth and break your valves to bits. Mobile 1 Synthetic oil chemically weakens desmodromic valves and causes the clearances to change every six miles. Then it melts the black soles of your riding boots right before you walk across your new carpeting.

While riding past groups of attractive women it will cause both of your handlebar grips to slip off at the same time so you smash your windscreen with the bridge of your nose. It also causes your swingarm to crack, your studs to break, and your rotors to warp, and then it voids your warranty by changing your odometer reading to 55,555. It also dries out your wetclutch and wets your dryclutch. It makes your clutch slave cylinder seal fail in the heaviest traffic on the hottest day of the year while putting an angry wasp in your helmet for good measure.

Mobil 1 Synthetic oil hides your 13mm socket and puts superglue on your earplugs. Synthetic oil will scratch your faceshield and make your gloves shrink two sizes night before trackday. Mobil 1 Synthetic oil stole your neutral and sold it to the Chinese for $1.25. Mobile 1 Synthetic oil will make you grow a tail. Mobile 1 Synthetic oil will write long crazy e-mails to your Internet friends and then sign your name at the bottom
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I use mobil1 because it has worked so well for my cars. Wouldn't use anything else.

Thx for the heads up on the promotion :-)
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Originally Posted by Hacker-Pschorr
A friend of mine tried Mobil 1 in his vintage Ducati and this is his experience posted on the motorcycle forum:
Damn, that's some evil shyte!

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What Hacker posted is 100% true!

Yeah, link to the scratcher game???
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Here you go.

http://www.mobiloil.com/USA-English/...romotions.aspx
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Maybe the guy with the Duc purchased a cheap knock-off by mistake. Mobil Wun?

Can't say the real stuff has ever caused any issues in any of the vehicles I've used it in anyway.
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Thank you, Hacker, I have had my belly laugh for the day.
My long dead father, who used to tinker with/curse at an old 750 desmo, would have loved this.


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Site is down for maintenance - "Please check back soon."

Promotion must have gone viral.
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Hacker is on fire today.
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No, no, no, no, Hacker. Those things only happen if you buy a DUCATI to put you your Mobil 1 into!
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Originally Posted by robot808
Hacker is on fire today.
Please excuse me, I had a lot of Sriracha sauce on my breakfast.


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