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Given the current events I have 2-3 years worth of oil for both my vehicles.

Regular Supertech 0w20 and 5w30 synthetic are all sold out near me in stores and shipping shows out of stock. Synthetic blend Supertech is now $21.88/5qt. It seems price increases are hitting DIY. What’s amazing is they held on for so long, but things seem to have suddenly gone up in price...

Walmart was completely cut off by Exxon Mobil and Shell a couple months ago. Rumor has it Walmart stocked up big time before they were cut off. Whatever is on Walmart shelves should be what they have stocked up in their distribution centers. That is to say it should all be the original spec oil...

Update: No call back yet from code enforcement. Will try again tomorrow… At a certain point do I just send a certified letter to code enforcement stating I no longer own the vehicle and to contact me for any proof needed and file that form that I am not the owner with the DMV and call it good...

I received a notice in the mail from the city that my car was abandoned on a public street and it has been towed to a city yard with a $25 fee per day. The VIN and description match a 2011 Mazda 6 I previously owned but traded in about 2 years ago to a Honda dealership when I bought another...

Sounds like you’ve met my brother in law.

$4k sounds about right for a full panel replacement these days.

Why aren’t oil changes $225 then? I’m not saying mechanics shouldn’t earn a living and make money but $255 for removing two screws and spraying MAF spray and screwing it back in is more expensive than an oil change? If it can’t be justified by logic it seems like a money grab based on...

The mass air flow cleaning is pretty egregious considering it’s two screws and some spray.

SOPUS dropped Dexos license on Pennzoil Platinum and Quaker State Full Synthetic. Exxon released a news letter a few days ago noting formulation changes. Oil will become lower quality and more expensive. $250 oil changes with whatever sketchy bulk swill at your local Take 5 oil change? Not a...

At one point I believe Supertech was ExxonMobil in certain regions and could easily be discerned by shape of the jugs compared to the WPP jugs.

Presumably due to base oil shortages previous Dexos sleeper oils such as Quaker State Full Synthetic and Pennzoil Platinum no longer carry Dexos license. Mobil 1 and Valvoline Advanced still do. I’d pick either one in 5W-30. With your 5,000 mile OCIs I wouldn’t bother with the fancier...

There was some previous discussion on this thread regarding Dexos specification and questions / speculation on what would happen. It appears SOPUS has removed the Dexos 1 Gen 3 label on 0w20 Pennzoil Platinum and 0w20 Quaker State Full Synthetic oils and their data sheets. See this thread...

https://ilma.org/gm-responds-to-ilmas-dexos-licensing-relief-request/ I suspect the above article is the reason SOPUS is removing Dexos label. There isn’t enough Group 3 base oil at the moment and they can’t meet the spec, or they don’t want to jump through hoops for emergency approvals.

I do not know. I believe Walmart buys large quantities at a time with contracts to get best pricing possible.