Quote Originally Posted by IC2 View Post
In the '70's I recall paying $11.95 for a case of 24 cans of Quaker State DeLuxe which was about $.50 each. I'm using Motorcraft semi-syn now for my vehicles and it's running in the $3.50 range/qt at Wally World. Mobil 1 - it's in the $5.50 price range. That makes the 50-50 reclaimed garbage close to the price of the Mobil and well beyond for the Motorcraft.

You can be rest assured that the "greenies" will buy that stuff for their ratty Subaru's and clapped out Saabs (I live next door to Vermont, the Eastern terminus of the tree huggers and bunny lovers, so can say that with experience) and proclaim they are 'helping to save the world'.
On target, Dave! Seems to me that back in the '60's the really cheap stuff was not truly "reclaimed", but mainly filtered to get rid of the entrained solids and make it "clean" in appearance. Problem was it was pretty high in acids and dissolved contaminants - OK for the clapped out Chebbies running through a couple of quarts with every tank of gas, but not something you'd want to run in a good engine. Wonder what process they use today? I don't know, but rest assured the cost includes their transportation of the recycled stuff back to the "refinery". Sounds like Diet Water...