Tuesday, 1 November 2011

The problems we have with car oil...

Problems:

      • The labelling is too difficult to fully understand
      • The market feels male dominant
      • The packaging is all the same
      • No universal oils for certain car types ( classic, family, hatchback, sport, high performance )
      • Pouring the large containers can spill and leave everything messy
      • The expensive cost of oil plus the effort needed to change oil makes it undesirable 
      • Overfilling the oil level can damage the engine and kill the car
      • Changing oil feels like something that a garage should do
      • Staining clothes and anything it touches
      • Getting the wrong oil can be just as bad as using no oil
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Solutions:
      • Standardise the oils for certain cars eg. Classic use one, Family use one, Sport... etc
      • make the containers smaller so its better and easier to use
      • Ditch the liquid side of oil and make it into a solid to transport and adding it easier.
      • Create a modern more universal packaging to make it less scary and friendlier.
      • Allow the process of adding oil to be easy
      • Make overfilling and choosing the wrong oil almost impossible.
      • Colour coded oils would replace the #W-30 etc coding system
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