I find it interesting that on the back on the bottle of Castrol Syntec, you will see in tiny letters that it is "Not for sale outside North America."

IIRC, Mobil 1 doesn't make that claim. Does Castrol have a problem marketing this oil as a "synthetic" outside North America?

Reggie Wallace
'98.5 SVT (E1) - Silver Frost
#5450 out of 6135, born-on date: 4/1/1998
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