City Garage Brings Green Oil Change to Dallas / Fort Worth

DALLAS, Sept. 1 -- Starting today motorists in Dallas / Fort Worth now have the option of going green with their oil change service.

The green oil change is re-refined motor oil using 100% re-refined base oil called Universal ECO Performance, and City Garage is the first in Dallas / Fort Worth to offer it at their 16 Metroplex locations.

The eco-friendly motor oil is the result of state-of-the-art technology that Universal Lubricants introduced to the market in August from their re-refinery in Wichita, Kansas. According to Mike Maloney, CEO of Universal Lubricants, their company has been collecting used motor oil for the last seven years. Until now, the collected motor oil had been used primarily as a combustible and in making asphalt. At their re-refinery, Universal is now processing the used oil into a high-quality motor oil that can be used safely in today's cars. Universal also refines other lubricants, such as transmission fluids, from the used motor oil.

City Garage charges $34 for the green oil change, which is $5 more than the conventional oil change service. Scott Morrison, President of City Garage, said that the re-refined oil is a superior quality product that meets and exceeds the same performance standards as motor oil made from crude oil stock.

"This is a tremendous breakthrough in automotive service," Morrison commented. "One auto service company using 20,000 gallons of re-refined motor oil can reduce our dependency by approximately 1.7 million gallons of crude oil. Our 16 stores will use almost 40,000 gallons of motor oil this year, so that's more than three million gallons of imported crude oil that we have the potential of reducing annually. We are going to work hard on educating our customers on the many benefits of using green oil," Morrison added.

Since its founding in 1993, City Garage has been a leader in eco-friendly car care in Dallas / Fort Worth. Diligent green practices at its stores include:

  --  Removal and proper disposal of more than 45,000 gallons of used motor
      oil, transmission fluid and contaminated fuel last year.
  --  Proper disposal of over 36,000 oil, gas and transmission filters.
  --  Over 14,000 gallons of antifreeze will be sent to an ethylene glycol
      recycler this year.

  --  City Garage stores have 10 standard operating procedures relating to
      being an environmentally conscious business, from proper disposal of
      fluids, filters, parts and paper, to recycling printer ink and toner
      cartridges and by encouraging suppliers to provide electronic
      catalogs.

For more information on the new green oil change and City Garage Green, see the company web site at www.CityGarageGreen.com.