Kmart has it on sale for $1.99 a quart for Dino, API-SM, GF-4. There was some of the old stock still on the shelf for Spectrum HM, Red Bottle, SM, GF-4 with the WPP on the bottom of the container....that's also going for $2.49 a quart.
However, they have a New black Bottle and a wide mouth top out for the regular Dino in quarts and a "Sharp" looking Silver Bottle with the Wide Mouth top. The silver bottle reminds me of Exxon Mobil with the nice label and the wide mouth top. These are also going for $2.49.
I returned all of my stash of Spectrum Oil back to Kmart. Then the manager told me of the clearance special on the Valvoline, Max Life Red Bottle HM, Synthetic Blend oil in 05W-30, 10W-30 and 10W-40....in API-SM, GF-4....clearance special. This is the SM loaded with Moly and not the new version SN without the Moly. So I settled in on buying the Valvoline.
I've got some more oil changes to do....especially on some friends cars that I know burn oil and leak oil. So this Valvoline MaxLife will be put to good use.
Anyway...tell me if you have a chance what I've missed in not buying the Spectrum Oil and switching it out for Valvoline Max Life? All comments are welcome.......
BTW....I do use store brand oil. I bought quite a bit of NAPA store brand full synthetic and added it to Valvoline SynPower for the last round of oil changes for my neighbors. I've also bought Advance Auto full synthetic and Walmart SuperTech full synthetic....Never had a problem with these store brands. I like to use them to "stretch the Mix" with high quality oils and their add packs, IMO, are very good.
Cheers.