05-21-2012, 11:19 AM
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Originally Posted by tamarsha
I was just shopping for some 10w40 oil for my next change and I found Royal Purple on Autozone's site for $4.99 a quart. I cross referenced the item number and all looks good. I had to pay $13.50 in shipping for 10 qts (not available for store pickup) but it is still a really good deal for a full syn oil. I have never used Royal Purple before but I hear that it is pretty good stuff.
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Do the specs really meet the Porsche requirements?
It says "With Syntec" which to me hints that it is not necessarily 100% syntec and perhaps not even 100% synthetic oil.
Can anyone confirm positively that the Autozone Royal Purple stuff meets the spec for our Porsche engines?
Ray
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05-21-2012, 11:49 AM
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Good luck. They cancelled my 6 qt order.
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05-21-2012, 12:13 PM
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Originally Posted by black_box
Good luck. They cancelled my 6 qt order.
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WOW! Guess you are too late, I have an email confirming my order....
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05-23-2012, 12:02 PM
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Originally Posted by AndyA6
WOW! Guess you are too late, I have an email confirming my order....
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I guess I was a bit too optimistic!! They just cancelled my order as well...... sucks big time. I complained as well.
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05-23-2012, 12:26 PM
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Royal Purple Synthetic
Went to Walmart and they have 10W 30 and 5W 30 in stock for $8.72 a Qt.
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05-21-2012, 04:49 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by jb92563
Do the specs really meet the Porsche requirements?
It says "With Syntec" which to me hints that it is not necessarily 100% syntec and perhaps not even 100% synthetic oil.
Can anyone confirm positively that the Autozone Royal Purple stuff meets the spec for our Porsche engines?
Ray
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Royal Purple is 100% Synthetic per their site. Syntech is an additive that shouldn't be in the oil per the item number. Must have been a stock photo on the Autozone site.
It doesn't look like Royal Purple is on Porsche's approved oil list. But they also frown on my BNC air filter, FVD software, techno torque plenum, 200 cell cats and even my Sirius receiver.
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05-22-2012, 07:58 PM
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I complained after they cancelled my order, they gave me a $50 gift card as compensation.
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05-23-2012, 04:22 AM
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Originally Posted by black_box
I complained after they cancelled my order, they gave me a $50 gift card as compensation.
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Did they give you a reason why your order was cancelled?
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05-23-2012, 04:54 AM
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They said the vendor was out of stock, but then didn't offer a raincheck, which would be standard practice, which is why I kvetched about it.
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05-23-2012, 07:42 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by tamarsha
It doesn't look like Royal Purple is on Porsche's approved oil list. But they also frown on my BNC air filter, FVD software, techno torque plenum, 200 cell cats and even my Sirius receiver.
Porsche-Approved Oils
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Does anyone know if there are there any oil companies on the Porsche approved list that pay no money to Porsche but are still included?
In other words, does anyone know how an oil becomes "approved"?
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05-23-2012, 08:01 AM
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I ordered some Royal Purple 3 days ago from Autozone and have not had the cancellation yet.
Perhaps they got more in stock?
I'll update when I hear more.
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