Let's face it Gene, Amsoil will put potential claims thru the SAME legal wringer as the car manufacturers - they have the same type of lawyers working for them to protect their "image" and reputation - AND $$$ interests as DC, Ford and GM!
So the notion that an end user has any ACTUAL "protection" OR backing support from an outfit like Amsoil is just so much FANTASY! The first thing Amsoil is likely to do in case they are approached on a refused warranty due to use of their product, is mail you a neat 'lil brochure quoting the MM act, and and verbal assurances that the unfortunate warranty claimnant has "the law on their side... "
Beyond THAT, anyone holding their breath waiting for ACTUAL, REAL backing or assistance from Amsoil and similar companies will no doubt die of strangulation...
AND, if push comes to shove, and the claimnant next attempts to legally force Amsoil to in any way assume direct responsibility for any claimed failures, AMSOIL *THEMSELVES* will put the claimnant thru legal HeII the auto maker never even THOUGHT of! THEY will demand thorough, documented lab "proof" that it was THEIR product that really caused the failure, and not abuse or component defect. Few of us have the financial or time resources to successfully challenge the car makers OR the likes of Amsoil.
YOU know that, and *I* know that - so why pretend it's otherwise? And WHY gamble the warranty on a 30-40 grand truck, based on the supposed "generosity" and good intentions of a company whose primary interest is in the bottom line $$$?
How's MY STP and TP filter? They're GREAT - but then, MY truck is LONG out of warranty, and I fully understand that ANY failures that MIGHT occur are entirely MY re$pon$ibility, and neither STP or Frantz will be comming running to bail me out in the SLIGHTEST!
And regardless of my own, personal opinion of STP and TP filters, *I* would think LONG AND HARD before I ever considered one on a new, warrantied vehicle. Fact is, I have a brand new in-the-box TP filter sitting on a shelf - I would LIKE to have it on my '98 Camaro SS - but I consider it to be rather foolish to thus endanger the warranty still in effect on my all-aluminum LS-1 engine...
And I DERN SURE would NOT be casually recommending their use to others under the mythical assurance that if failures DO occur, the unfortunate owner will get the SLIGHTEST sympathy or REAL support from either the carmaker OR the aftermarket supplier!
Cuz, chances are, it's a LIE!
Notice this is NOT about whether the aftermarket stuff IS any good or not, only the fantasy that end users of non-specified products used on their vehicles can DEMAND or EXPECT willing assistance from car makers OR aftermarket supplers, regardless of MM or the "promises" of those aftermarket suppliers!
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