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YOUR RESEARCHTransmission oil is platinum lined?
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I�m sure I could have used a cheaper oil, but it doesn�t need replacement often, and I have a LSD, and wanted it to shift exactly how Porsche intended.
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All car-manufacturers, Porsche included, use off-the-shelf solutions from one of the big boys.
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I�m sure I could have used a cheaper oil, but it doesn�t need replacement often, and I have a LSD, and wanted it to shift exactly how Porsche intended.
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Just came back from the dealer with 3 litres of transmission oil. $150 Canadian dollars. I wasn�t surprised. But it got me thinking. I have a manual Jeep Wrangler. 2 quarts of transmission fluid was around $90. My old Subaru was expensive too.
What is with the price of transmission fluid? Seems to be higher than other bought items at the dealer.
Platinm lined?
Yep. It�s often already a high quality fluid, aka, Mobil, but after Porsche gets ahold of it, puts any requirement around it, puts it in their own container, and then stocks it, it�s double.
I�m sure I could have used a cheaper oil, but it doesn�t need replacement often, and I have a LSD, and wanted it to shift exactly how Porsche intended.
Porsche don't R&D their own lubricants, there are very big companies that do that for them (Exxonmobil, Shell or any petroleum supplier). All car-manufacturers, Porsche included, use off-the-shelf solutions from one of the big boys. They simply test if that particular lubricant is compatible with the application by testing if it works, and then slap an "Porsche approved" label on it. Nothing more.
Usually smart people find out what particular lubricant was used in which particular car, and simply put that in. It's the exact same stuff.
Dealer lubricants are re-brands of existing products, nothing more.
In Canada we have the Porsche tax and the Canada tax...Whether I am buying car parts or for my other hobbies (boats, atv�s, fishing), everything is way more expensive. A gallon of Mercury 2 stroke premium oil is $25 at Walmart in the U.S. In Canada it is $60 Canadian $. Even after conversion, still around $45 US$.
Alas, this is a first world problem.
What I meant by the Canada tax was like the Porsche tax. Yes, taxes are higher in Canada. That being said, we do have universal healthcare and other social benefits that the U.S. doesn�t have.
The reality is that Canadian pricing is based on a simple concept - pricing is based on what the market will bear. It really is that simple.
All of this being said, Suncoast sells the oil for $39.95 a litre. More expensive than a Canadian Porsche dealer.
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