> Doesn't make

> sense NOT to use synthetic ATF.

To you, maybe, the Amsoil ATF seller. But to the buyer, who realizes

that buying more insurance than one needs or can use, or overpaying for

the right insurance, can be wasteful, there's another side to this.

> the lubricating qualities provide protection,

That's great logic for synthetic ENGINE OIL, but ATF needs to be "grabby".

Frictionless ATF would definitely increase the operating temps in an AT

that ever shifted gears, and probably cause the AT to rapidly

self-destruct.

> total resistance to

> oxidation/thermal breakdown

...let's see, the owner's manual says that's not a problem with regular

ATF, and you're saying that synthetic ATF will fix that problem? Exposure

to high temps, a primary rationale for using synthetic engine oil, esp

in a turbocharged engine, simply does not occur in a healthy AT used in

anything approaching normal service.

> and cooler running

If the ATF is too hot, that's not the ATF's fault; nor can changing to a

more (most) expensive ATF lower an AT's anomalously-high operating

temperature.

The [more-]expensive solution you're hawking is way beyond what Volvo, GM,

Aisin-Warner, and many others say is way more than sufficient. Sounds like

overkill to me... (Ditto for expensive 'special' "power-flushing" machines

some folks tout -- most ATs are perfectly capable of pumping their own ATF,

you know... they do it all the time...)

If properly maintaining your car makes you feel good, does over-

maintaining it make you feel better? (And, more importantly, will it

keep the elephants from trampling the crops?)

If Dexron ATF can enable your AT to outlast the rest of your car (and it

can), why pay more?

I recommend people consider giving their wallets and our environment a

break (by letting Dexron work for years at a time for you)...

- Dave; '95 854T, 111K mi, Dexron chgd once @ 61K