Does Castrol need better products or marketing?

[2009Caraman]

In the grand scheme of things is the extra $5 to $10 twice a year really going to be a tough financial hit?

Thats $20 I dont have to spend on a 15 yr old vehicle. Costco oil works fine and I gotta go buy cookies there anyways.

 

[userfriendly]

No shortage of Castrol products at Canadian Tire. Multiply by 0.7 for USD.

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Castrol THF is over priced at Canadian Tired. I bought a pail at Princess Auto on sale for $30 cheaper and I had a $25 store coupon to use up. I don’t care about brand or base oil composition as long as it meets the licensing and manufactures approval I’m looking for. In this case, J20C.
Instead of ATF, I use THF in power steering pumps and transfer cases in addition to the lawn tractors.

 

[SR5]

Have been a Castrol GTX customer since 1991 and my Plymouth Laser

I have tried a few others but my first choice is Castrol or Mystik and these are based on nostalgic and sentimental reasons

Nothing wrong with that. The first oil I ever purchased with my own money was Castrol GTX.
It was API SG back then, and it's API SP now, so I still buy it on occasion.

 

[SC Maintenance]

In the grand scheme of things is the extra $5 to $10 twice a year really going to be a tough financial hit?

Not for me. I like cheap oil but stash with clearance / rebate / pricing mistake oils. I have spent my life in manufacturing and economy of scale wins. So there is no way someone like Warren Distribution can compete with Exxon, Shell, BP, etc who refine their own oil and in some cases make there own add pack. So there either using cheaper ingredients or living on lower margins, neither being great.

Now does that mean that Supertech or Costco oils are not good enough - absolutely not, there fine. If they put them on clearance I would buy!

 

[Stumpy]

Think with your dipstick doesn't make it, they definitely need new advertising.

I have got to admit that the redheaded Scot or Irishman whipping the #7it outta people with a dipstick was funny!

 

[JoeDirt41]

Don't know if anyone here mentioned it, but I was always a fan of the Castrol Celica rally cars.

And the RFK Castrol paint schemes are some of the best looking Nascars currently on the track IMO...

 

[irollo]

John Force FTW

 

[camrydriver111]

I saw Castrol updated their bottles.

It days 32,000 km protection for Edge and 40,000 km protection for EP.

M1 only claims 16,000 km and 25,000 km for EP.

When people go to the store so they just look at this number and buy what is higher?

 

[Hootbro]

John Force FTW
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Been 10 years since Castrol pulled that sponsorship.

 

[Gene K]

There is quite a bit of truth that most people.... do not care what gets poured in. Just that it does what it is suppose to do.

Darn it, you got me!

 

[dubber09]

Thats $20 I dont have to spend on a 15 yr old vehicle. Costco oil works fine and I gotta go buy cookies there anyways.

If you skip cookies you may get better gas mileage from the vehicle