New style toyota antifreeze

[si tate]

[QUOTE=Diezel Weazel;798126][Quote]Called to my local toyota dealer for 2x 5 litre bottles of red antifreeze £45, then the guy behind the counter said why not buy 20 litres for £50 so I thought "makes sence"

Sounds like a very unsuspecting n misleading sales pitch ploy to me Si ...
Good Luck on the return !!

11+ Years of Surfs ..... n Faultless to a "T" is my Yota !!

Ye the phrase "it's the exact same stuff" led me to believe I was getting a bargin.

Hayho you live & learn.

[si tate]

End of days.
Mark my words
End of days.

Could be the first signs of a meltdown.

[muddle]

So to be clear, what is it that Toyota stuff will do that this won't? Bearing in mind Toyota dont manufacture antifreeze just label up someone else's stuff

[shokenore]

So to be clear, what is it that Toyota stuff will do that this won't? Bearing in mind Toyota dont manufacture antifreeze just label up someone else's stuff

Nothing, other than soothe away any doubts or paranoia.

Having said all that I use Toyota Red, Just to be sure.

[si tate]

So to be clear, what is it that Toyota stuff will do that this won't? Bearing in mind Toyota dont manufacture antifreeze just label up someone else's stuff

The stuff they sold me is organic which is fine if it had been used from day one in the toyota factory but adding to an engine that has run on normal red since factory will/may cause it to react with rubber seals & cause premature failure.

This is only what I have read so please don't quote me or tell me I'm talking $hite, you came make your own mind up but I'm gunna stick with what I know & that is you can't go wrong with genuine pre mixed red.

[shokenore]

Luke has gone outside to check his coolant levels...

He has a 2.4 too

[shokenore]

The stuff they sold me is organic which is fine if it had been used from day one in the toyota factory but adding to an engine that has run on normal red since factory will/may cause it to react with rubber seals & cause premature failure.

This is only what I have read so please don't quote me or tell me I'm talking $hite, you came make your own mind up but I'm gunna stick with what I know & that is you can't go wrong with genuine pre mixed red.

Close enough.

7/10.

[si tate]

Close enough.

7/10.

Very generous, tar.

[muddle]

My 2.4 is still in pieces waiting on a cambelt!

[woodwarm]

I never thought I'd see the day when a Yorkshireman and a Scot agreed that the most sensible course of action was to take something back to the shop and ask for it to be replaced with half as much of the same thing for twice the price....

buy cheap,pay dear.

[muddle]

Its not twice the price for half as much, that would make it £100 for 10 litres..... Do the math!!!!

[Sancho]

Its not twice the price for half as much, that would make it £100 for 10 litres..... Do the math!!!!

Jesus wept, only here would someone bother to try and correct that. No, it's not exactly mathematically correct but, having done the 'math' we have:

Toyota: 10 litres for £45
Mystery brand: 40 litres, once diluted, for £50

So, yes, I should have said 90% of the price for 25% as much or, to use my original sentence, half as much as the same thing for 1.8 times the price. I'm not sure it has the same ring to it.

I hope we can all rest easy, knowing that I have seen the error of my ways.

[gwh200]

So there IS mathmatical pedantry afoot!
Can you please show your workings out, or there may be marks deducted.

[Sancho]

So there IS mathmatical pedantry afoot!
Can you please show your workings out, or there may be marks deducted.

I did it all in my head

[gwh200]

I tell every one I'm unable to do mental arithmetic anymore. They all think it's age....
...but it's the voices that keep interrupting.

And Sanch.

Where on earth did you find the Vorderman...she is HOT!