gfh77665
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- Jul 7, 2019
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- Ram Year
- 2019 Classic
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- 3.6 Pentastar
Oh, OK I get it, you are a personal friend of the BITOG staff, so you are here in support of their vigorous promotion of HPL.The oil deserves its fans, mods or not, it just so happens that the mods know their stuff and recognize the quality. They also appear to be wealthy and love quality, that's exactly who is attracted to HPL; people who want a no holds barred oil and are willing to pay for the oil, the transparency, and the service.
One of them didn't like the oil he was running in his 3.0 diesel, the oil was evaporating off the top of the piston while towing because it got so hot. So he asked HPL for a change, and their going to give him a custom blend. Do you think valvoline would do that or literally any other high quality oil blender?
Not just the mods either, another guy asked for a blend to run in his Jeep and they blended it for him and even named it after his username.
Another group of guys were discussing how they didn't like all the VII's in oil so they were wondering if it was possible to blend a 5w-30 without VII and guess what, HPL delivered it within a week or two "no vii euro" is now a thing, just for them, because they asked.
That's just one thread with the same guys posting over and over, VRP has its fans but a large portion of the fans are there due to the price which is understandable; not everyone can or wants to pay for this. I believe VRP to be good at cleaning, but that appears to be its biggest attribute. How does it stand up to wear, shearing, engine runtime and everything else.
There are many more non mods that are happy with HPL, and not every mod runs HPL either. Wayne would be one of the most prominent but again look at him and what he values in an oil. He's not into HPL because they're a sponsor, he's into HPL because it delivers in spades and he values that.
That does not change the fact that while almost everyone will agree HPL makes a great product, they will not convince the vast majority of the buying public that their boutique oil is worth 2X to 3X what other mainstream quality oils costs. Regardless how much its hyped up on BITOG.